They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
Six Sigma is a quality program that, when all is said and done, improves your customers' experience, lowers your costs, and builds… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind… — Jack Welch Compensation Copy Share Image
Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
One of the ways we'll know that Work-Out has been successful is that my style of leadership will no longer be tolerated… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks… — Jack Welch Around the world Copy Share Image
Without doubt, there are lots of ways to measure the pulse of a business. But if you have employee engagement, customer satisfaction,… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping… — Jack Welch Empowering others Copy Share Image
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Every leader makes mistakes, every leader stumbles and falls. The question with a senior level leader is, does she learn from her… — Jack Welch Confidence Copy Share Image
There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the… — Jack Welch Ability Copy Share Image
No one can guarantee you a job other than satisfied customers. That's the only thing that works. Nothing creates work other than… — Jack Welch Challenges Copy Share Image
Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. — Jack Welch Business 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 Job security 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 launching something new, you have to go for it—“playing not to lose” can never be an option.” — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States. — Jack Welch Leader Copy Share Image
CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. — Jack Welch Business strategy Copy Share Image
No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards. — Jack Welch Dreams Copy Share Image
A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it — 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 Best players Copy Share Image
Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer. — Jack Welch Action Copy Share Image
The biggest opportunity for big companies has come by far in the digitization of internal processes. — Jack Welch Big companies Copy Share Image
Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest… — Jack Welch Creativity Copy Share Image
