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People always overestimate ho...

People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

In every company, differentia...

In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends to go to the well and equalize rather than differentiate.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

You can't behave in a calm, r...

You can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

They were making a deal for a...

They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to act, and act as quickly as we could, and make the offer more attractive.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

What Sam Walton did was to go...

What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

One of the ways we'll know th...

One of the ways we'll know that Work-Out has been successful is that my style of leadership will no longer be tolerated in this company.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

For a large corporation to be...

For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence and intellectual self-assurance. Insecure managers create complexity, real leaders do not clutter.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I believe that in any initiat...

I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Make winners out of every bus...

Make winners out of every business in your company. Don't carry losers.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I’ve learned in a hundred way...

I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Don't take a job because your...

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The best way to support dream...

The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

In any bad situation you can ...

In any bad situation you can not let yourself be a victim.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I'm not perfect, but if there...

I'm not perfect, but if there are any points given for caring about people with every fiber of your being and giving life all you've got every day, then I suppose I have a shot.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

What is a budget review? A pe...

What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers

Jack Welch 285 quotes

The operative assumption toda...

The operative assumption today is that someone, somewhere, has a better idea; and the operative compulsion is to find out who has that better idea, learn it, and put it into action-fast.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

I wanted to change the rules ...

I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

Trying to get people to face ...

Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

That's all managing is: just ...

That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

On the face of it, shareholde...

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Jack Welch 285 quotes

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