韦尔奇把选择、培养继任者的工作,当做职业生涯中最为重要的一项工作。至少有一年的时间,每天早上,这是他思考的第一件事,也是每天晚上占据整个思维的事情。按规定,韦尔奇应该是65岁退休。1994年,他58岁,离退休还有7年时间,就开始着手继任者的选择培养工作。他对人力资源部高级副总裁比尔·康纳蒂说:“你和我将要长期关注的一件事,就是为这个职位 Welch chose to train his successor as the most important part of his career. At least a year, every morning, this is the first thing he thinks, and it’s the whole mindset every night. According to regulations, Welch should retire at the age of 65. In 1994, when he was 58 years old and retired from office for another seven years, he started to train his successor candidates. He told Bill Connati, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, ”One of the things you and I will be focusing on for a long time is to give this position