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You got to be rigorous in your...

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The productivity now at univer...

The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Management is all about managi...

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I was never the smartest guy i...

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

If you don't have a competitiv...

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I was afraid of the internet.....

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The team with the best players...

The team with the best players wins.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

You've got to eat while you dr...

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

A strategy is something like, ...

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

One of the jobs of a manager i...

One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The idea flow from the human s...

The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Culture drives great results....

Culture drives great results.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Give me a highly successful un...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Public hangings are teaching m...

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

If you have a reputation as a ...

If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.

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We've only been wealthy in thi...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Jack Welch 285 quotes

My main job was developing tal...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Any jerk can have short-term e...

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is...

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Short cycle business are being...

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

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