Jack Welch

Every great leader has a generosity gene.

— Jack Welch

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

— Jack Welch

The world belongs to passionate driven people.

— Jack Welch

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

— Jack Welch

All of management is about self-confidence

— Jack Welch

The hero is the one with ideas.

— Jack Welch

Control your destiny or somebody will.

— Jack Welch

Culture drives great results.

— Jack Welch

Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.

— Jack Welch

Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times.

— Jack Welch

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

— Jack Welch

As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated.

— Jack Welch

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

— Jack Welch

“RULE 2. Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it.”

— Jack Welch

“If a job doesn’t excite you on some level—just because of the stuff of it—don’t settle.”

— Jack Welch

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

— Jack Welch

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are…

— Jack Welch

Globalization has taken a hit in that there is some sand in the gears because most of us have supply chains that…

— Jack Welch

I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people…

— Jack Welch

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

— Jack Welch

...I think that ideally that is how a company works. It becomes a place of ideas, not a place of position.

— Jack Welch

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

— Jack Welch

What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia?

— Jack Welch

If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow.

— Jack Welch

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

In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to…

— Jack Welch

Celebrating creates an atmosphere of recognition and positive energy. Imagine a team winning the World Series without champagne spraying everywhere. And yet…

— Jack Welch

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…

— Jack Welch

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can…

— Jack Welch

Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best…

— Jack Welch

No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project -…

— Jack Welch

The quality of an idea does not depend on its altitude in the organization...An idea can be from any source. So we…

— Jack Welch

Shareholder value is the result of you doing a great job, watching your share price go up, your shareholders win, and dividends…

— Jack Welch

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

I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy,…

— Jack Welch

“The final relationship that cannot be ignored is with disrupters: They are individuals who cause trouble for sport - inciting opposition to…

— Jack Welch

There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called…

— Jack Welch

Too often we measure everything and understand nothing. The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer…

— Jack Welch

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance…

— Jack Welch

The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then…

— Jack Welch