When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. — Jack Welch Humiliation Copy Share Image
The idea of let's all share the pain equally, or let's freeze salaries altogether - it's ass-backwards. It's absolutely ass-backwards. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be — Jack Welch Future Copy Share Image
An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia,… — 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 Action Copy Share Image
The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor. — Jack Welch Binders Copy Share Image
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor… — Jack Welch Boss Copy Share Image
Keep learning; don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume… — Jack Welch Arrogant Copy Share Image
Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best… — Jack Welch Ceo Copy Share Image
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks… — Jack Welch Around the world Copy Share Image
“learning is truly a value, growth for every employee is a real objective, mistakes aren’t always fatal, and there are lots of… — Jack Welch Coaching Copy Share Image
If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping… — Jack Welch Empowering others 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… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
Without doubt, there are lots of ways to measure the pulse of a business. But if you have employee engagement, customer satisfaction,… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. — Jack Welch Employee Copy Share Image
That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning. — Jack Welch Best things Copy Share Image
Just because you are the boss doesn't mean you are the source of all knowledge. — Jack Welch Boss Copy Share Image
Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less. — Jack Welch Change Copy Share Image
If you're not in Germany, you're not in Europe. And if you're not in Asia, you're nowhere. — Jack Welch Asia Copy Share Image
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world, — Jack Welch Customer Copy Share Image
You measure your people and you take action on those that don't measure up. — Jack Welch Action Copy Share Image
