It's the sustained ability to change that really counts. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Ability Copy Share Image
Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Action Copy Share Image
And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Important Copy Share Image
Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Bigs Copy Share Image
Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Capability Copy Share Image
The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Becoming Copy Share Image
Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Curious Copy Share Image
President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Asked Copy Share Image
As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and… — Jeffrey R. Immelt America Copy Share Image
If the only common thread you have as an industrial company is the fact that you think you're well managed, you can… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Business Copy Share Image
GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can… — Jeffrey R. Immelt America Copy Share Image
I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Ability Copy Share Image
I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Antiquated Copy Share Image
You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Been Copy Share Image
Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Done Copy Share Image
I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Cash Copy Share Image
I do business in 170 countries; none of them is perfect. There is not even one country that I think of, and… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Am Copy Share Image
I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Big companies Copy Share Image
When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those… — Jeffrey R. Immelt About Copy Share Image
Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Abyss Copy Share Image
Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Clearly Copy Share Image
I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Against Copy Share Image
There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Around Copy Share Image
Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China,… — Jeffrey R. Immelt About Copy Share Image
I think that if you run a big company, you've got to, four or five times a year, just say, 'Hey team,… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Anarchy Copy Share Image
When you take over a company like GE, you think you're going to visit 100 businesses. You're going to go see the… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Before Copy Share Image
Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many… — Jeffrey R. Immelt American Copy Share Image
People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Business Copy Share Image
Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Accomplish Copy Share Image
I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Customers Copy Share Image
Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools.. but they must be kept to a minimum. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Business Copy Share Image
The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's… — Jeffrey R. Immelt About Copy Share Image
The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Bigger Copy Share Image
In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Bad people Copy Share Image
Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Beginning Copy Share Image
Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government… — Jeffrey R. Immelt China Copy Share Image
I was Chairman for two days. I had an airplane with my engines, hit a building I insured, was covered by a… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Airplane Copy Share Image
September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Been Copy Share Image
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