Larry Bossidy has led three Fortune 100 companies. After graduating from Colgate University in 1957 with a B.A. in Economics, he joined General Electric. In a 34-year career at GE, he served in a number of executive and financial positions, and was named vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric Company in 1984. In 1991, he became CEO of manufacturer AlliedSignal and engineered a transformation. After AlliedSignal and Honeywell merged in 1999, he became chairman of Honeywell International. He retired in April 2000 but returned in July 2001 as chairman and CEO to stabilize the company following General Electric’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire Honeywell. Since stepping down from both positions in June 2002, he has spent time consulting and writing. Both his books, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Crown Business, 2002) and Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right (Crown Business, 2004), co-written with consultant Ram Sharan, have been best-sellers. He serves on the Boards of J.P. Morgan Chase, Merck & Co. and Berkshire Hills Bancorp.
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