Christian Zarnke - Army Strong Stories

GE Crotonville - Leading Under Pressure

Christian Zarnke — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:23:00 GMT

By: Christian Zarnke
One of our tasks at Crotonville was to teach military leadership as a different perspective on managing to GE employees. But I feel I learned more than those I taught about leadership. As a rising yuk, my leadership experience was almost nonexistent, and as a nineteen year old with one year of college, giving a different perspective on leadership to much older people with years of professional experience was intimidating to say the least. The main thing I learned about leadership...read more

GE Crotonville - Foundations of Leadership

Christian Zarnke — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:28:00 GMT

By: Christian Zarnke
From May 23rd to June two other cadets and I took part in an AIAD at GE’s Crotonville campus. The corporate university at Crotonville is the oldest of its kind, teaching GE employees essential skills for furthering their career and becoming better leaders. Our job as West Point cadets was to introduce the students to the military’s style of leadership. I initially thought that the practices considered standard in the army would be foreign and new to the corporate world, but in...read more