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CEOs can talk and blab each d...

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

You got to be rigorous in you...

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

One of the jobs of a manager ...

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

I actually think that the eco...

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The productivity now at unive...

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

Any jerk can have short-term ...

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

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Management is all about manag...

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

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Out-innovating them is the wa...

Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Give me a highly successful u...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

An organization's ability to ...

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Before you are a leader, succ...

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Strong managers who make toug...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I was never the smartest guy ...

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

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney i...

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

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

The most important job you ha...

The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

First and most obvious, bring...

First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

If there is anything I would ...

If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that
I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed.
To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them

Jack Welch 285 quotes

No company, small or large, c...

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

If you're a leader and you're...

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

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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