Jack Welch Quotes

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• There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash…
• Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.
• Control your destiny or somebody will.
• The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
• The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.
• No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.
• Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number…
• Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.
• Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself…
• No one can guarantee you a job other than satisfied customers. That's the only thing that works. Nothing creates work other than products and services…
• There is no straight line to a dream.
• I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If…
• I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy, seem to come…
• The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then acting decisively and…
• The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in…
• Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.
• If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player personnel?
• Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.
• My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make…
• Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.

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