All Jack Welch Quotes
- An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. Ability
- There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences. Balance
- Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition. Bury
- Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act. Act
- If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost… Behind
- Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. Business
- You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. Appraisal
- Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. Articulate
- The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard. Around Forever
- Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. All
- I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And… Big
- If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Advantage
- The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of… Believe
- I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type. Afraid
- The team with the best players wins. Best
- 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 and implement it.… Both
- A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you… Business
- One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go… Confidence
- The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use… Absolutely
- Culture drives great results. Culture