Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times. — 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
A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go. — 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
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Any time there is change, there is opportunity. So it is paramount that an organization get energized rather than paralyzed. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I don't think environmentalists have the slightest reason to be concerned about globalization because every time you move a plant to a… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time… — 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
![“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 to work everyday to find a better way, you don't have a company[team]. You're getting ready to die on the vine. You're always looking for the next…” quote by Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9ed/jack-welch-1195_always-trying_innovation-is-not-a-big-breakthrough-inv_111877.jpg)
