Abstract Jack Welch former CEO of General Electric (GE) assisted in developing the approach taken by GE to develop leadership skills and competencies of its business professionals. Within the level of team development, the role of leaders remains to be a critical part in helping advance the success of the team and also offer ways to address the changing needs of the workplace environment. One of GE’s leadership programs titled, Leadership, Innovation and Growth (LIG), can serve as a good example of leadership strategies particularly in the beginning stages of a team’s development. It can also help emphasize the critical components that make these approaches successful and effective for the organization. Jack Welch contributed to the creation of a new model for business leaders everywhere. His leadership and management techniques are an example for anyone who is aspiring to have a successful career. He became the youngest CEO and Chairman of one of America's biggest and most respected companies General Electric at age 44. He had direct input into new rules describing what an incredibly profitable and successful company can be. He helped outline the traits needed to make an effective leader. We have learned that leadership is an ability to influence a group towards the achievement of envisioning goals, affirming values, motivating, managing, achieving workable unity, explaining, serving as a symbol, representing the group and renewing. In this case, General Electronic Corporation had a final goal to make as much profit as it could. Many want to know or understand who Jack Welch is or what his motivation was. He was born in 1935 and graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He also earned a Master of Science in PhD in 1960 from the University of Illinois. Welch was hired by GE as a chemical engineer in the plastics department. He worked tirelessly and was more than rewarded for his efforts when in 1972, he was elected as one of GE's Vice Presidents, the youngest in the history of the corporation, and then, in 1979, he was given the title Vice Chairman. He and many analysts agree that he was the main contributing force that made GE one of the biggest and valuable companies in the world. He h