If you're not in Germany, you're not in Europe. And if you're not in Asia, you're nowhere. — Jack Welch Asia Copy Share Image
You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player personnel? — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wingsand put compensation as a carrier behind ityou… — Jack Welch Compensation 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
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better.” — Jack Welch Confidence Copy Share Image
Drucker said: 'If you weren't already in this business, would you enter it today? And if not, what are you going to… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired? — Jack Welch Apps Copy Share Image
“In my experience, an effective mission statement basically answers one question: How do we intend to win in this business?” — Jack Welch Business 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 Climate Copy Share Image
People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
“We've all been guilty at one point or another in our careers of boasting of perfect hindsight. It's a terrible sin. If… — Jack Welch Hindsight Copy Share Image
Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you've got a company that has a mentality inside that is filled with searching for a better idea every day, not… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
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 Book Copy Share Image
Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear… — 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 Book Copy Share Image
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. — Jack Welch Humiliation Copy Share Image
As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. — Jack Welch Employee 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
The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going. — Jack Welch Employee 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
Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more… — Jack Welch Behavior Copy Share Image
My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams. — Jack Welch Chance Copy Share Image
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
