Jack Welch

Creative artists have great passion.

— Jack Welch

Most organizations fail in driving change.

— Jack Welch

There is no straight line to a dream.

— Jack Welch

Culture drives great results.

— Jack Welch

I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.

— Jack Welch

Someone, somewhere has a better idea.

— Jack Welch

Be candid with everyone.

— Jack Welch

Protecting underperformers always backfires.

— Jack Welch

I never put myself out there as an employment agency.

— Jack Welch

Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers.

— Jack Welch

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

— Jack Welch

The main social responsibility for a company is to win.

— Jack Welch

If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.

— Jack Welch

Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer.

— Jack Welch

“IT’S SAID that you can only live life forward and understand it backward.”

— Jack Welch

You can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.

— Jack Welch

One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to…

— Jack Welch

“In my experience, an effective mission statement basically answers one question: How do we intend to win in this business?”

— Jack Welch

The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I…

— Jack Welch

HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?

— Jack Welch

“Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better.”

— Jack Welch

Drucker said: 'If you weren't already in this business, would you enter it today? And if not, what are you going to…

— Jack Welch

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to…

— Jack Welch

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wingsand put compensation as a carrier behind ityou…

— Jack Welch

I think every leader has an obligation - the absolute obligation - to treat everyone fairly. But they also have the obligation…

— Jack Welch

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

In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that…

— Jack Welch

Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to…

— Jack Welch

Trust is enormously powerful in a corporation. People won't do their best unless they believe they'll be treated fairly. The only way…

— Jack Welch

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

We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any…

— Jack Welch

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

Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company…

— Jack Welch

Shareholder value is the result of you doing a great job, watching your share price go up, your shareholders win, and dividends…

— Jack Welch

I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy,…

— Jack Welch

The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then…

— Jack Welch

Some think that it is cruel or brutal to remove the bottom 10 percent of our people. It isn't. It's just the…

— Jack Welch

“The final relationship that cannot be ignored is with disrupters: They are individuals who cause trouble for sport - inciting opposition to…

— Jack Welch

There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called…

— Jack Welch

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance…

— Jack Welch