Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Too many people believe that one big, public success will solve their self-confidence problems forever. That only happens in the movies. In… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy… — Jack Welch 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
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Strategy is not a lengthy action plan. It is the evolution of a central idea through continually changing circumstances. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. — 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
