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 Copy Share Image
As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it.… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I think every leader has an obligation - the absolute obligation - to treat everyone fairly. But they also have the obligation… — 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
I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a… — 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 Copy Share Image
A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it — Jack Welch 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
A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead. — Jack Welch 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
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
As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going. — 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
