No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project -… — Jack Welch 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
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 Copy Share Image
The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If your CFO is more important than your CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer) you're nuts! — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired? — 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
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
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Too often we measure everything and understand nothing. The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will. — 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 Copy Share Image
Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the… — 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 Image
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 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
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 Image
Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making. — 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 needs may… — Jack Welch 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 terrific guy… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
