The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“The final relationship that cannot be ignored is with disrupters: They are individuals who cause trouble for sport - inciting opposition to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood…….… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight. — Jack Welch Copy Share
Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is. — Jack Welch Copy Share
We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making. — Jack Welch Copy Share
So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your needs may… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy… — Jack Welch Copy Share
In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to eyeball, back… — Jack Welch Copy Share
No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project - doing anything… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected. — Jack Welch Copy Share
Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company [team], coming… — Jack Welch Copy Share
Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products. — Jack Welch Copy Share
The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out… — Jack Welch Copy Share
