Jeffrey R. Immelt

You can't delegate growth or customer satisfaction.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Live with passion. Live with purpose.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

It's the sustained ability to change that really counts.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

When you take over a company like GE, you think you're going to visit 100 businesses. You're going to go see the…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American company. But in order…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I think that if you run a big company, you've got to, four or five times a year, just say, 'Hey team,…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy - and somehow…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I've been seeing the change. It's been steady. It's been more controlled than people think. And my own belief is that China…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I'm an optimist. I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past. And I also believe I have…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools.. but they must be kept to a minimum.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I was Chairman for two days. I had an airplane with my engines, hit a building I insured, was covered by a…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

If the only common thread you have as an industrial company is the fact that you think you're well managed, you can…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China,…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt