Game-playing, 55, 117
Gap awareness, in stretch assignment passage, 67
General Electric (GE), 52, 56
Crotonville training facility of, 91, 121
failure toleration at, 84, 91
former executives of, 37–38, 198
general manager training at, 74
global leadership training of, 142
RCA acquisition by, 121
stretch assignments at, 67–68
strong culture of, 37–38, 198
General manager (GM) position: challenges of, 70–76
importance of, 70, 71–72
know-it-all attitude in, 74
mind-set of, 71–74
paradoxes managed by, 76–79
passage of promotion to, 70–80
pitfalls in, 74–76
preparation for, 73–74
as stretch assignment, 58–59, 64
traits suitable for, 79–80
General Mills, 3, 56, 88, 151
George, B., 3, 27, 36, 38, 103, 108, 128, 209
Globalization, 141
Globalizing, of negative events, 114
Glynn, R., 3, 46, 54, 83, 84, 190
Goleman, D., 11, 187–188
Grieving: in acquisition-or-merger passage, 121
in personal upheaval passage, 172, 173, 176
Group perspective, transitioning to, 45–57
Guiliani, R., 172, 175