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 Ambition Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States. — Jack Welch Leader Copy Share Image
CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“When launching something new, you have to go for it—“playing not to lose” can never be an option.” — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards. — Jack Welch Dreams Copy Share Image
Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
Stretch targets energize. We have found that by reaching for what appears to be the impossible, we often actually do the impossible;… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Nothing is worse than the person in their 40s who says, 'I'm not going to learn this.' 'I don't carry an iPad.'… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the… — Jack Welch Bored Copy Share Image
People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
“We've all been guilty at one point or another in our careers of boasting of perfect hindsight. It's a terrible sin. If… — Jack Welch Hindsight Copy Share Image
Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy,… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you've got a company that has a mentality inside that is filled with searching for a better idea every day, not… — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. — Jack Welch Business strategy Copy Share Image
Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer. — Jack Welch Action Copy Share Image
A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you… — 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… — Jack Welch Creativity Copy Share Image
The biggest opportunity for big companies has come by far in the digitization of internal processes. — Jack Welch Big companies Copy Share Image
The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role… — Jack Welch Best way Copy Share Image
If work is just going in every day and getting a check, it's an ugly life. When you can make work a… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained? — Jack Welch Country Copy Share Image
Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products. — Jack Welch Customer Copy Share Image
GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Six Sigma is a quality program that, when all is said and done, improves your customers' experience, lowers your costs, and builds… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind… — Jack Welch Compensation Copy Share Image
The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
One of the ways we'll know that Work-Out has been successful is that my style of leadership will no longer be tolerated… — Jack Welch Business 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
The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team… — Jack Welch Best players Copy Share Image
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. — Jack Welch Business Copy Share Image
Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the… — Jack Welch Job security Copy Share Image
![“Nothing is worse than the person in their 40s who says, 'I'm not going to learn this.' 'I don't carry an iPad.' That will label you and put you right in the corner. Some people do it as a badge of honor. I've seen them myself, they walk around bragging [about not knowing much about technology].” quote by Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/jack-welch-1195_badges_nothing-is-worse-than-the-person-in-thei_274530.png)
