Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Capability Copy Share Image
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 Business Copy Share Image
There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Around Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Asked Copy Share Image
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 Before Copy Share Image
I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Against Copy Share Image
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 American Copy Share Image
Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. — Jeffrey R. Immelt Beginning Copy Share Image
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 Adversity Copy Share Image
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 Been Copy Share Image
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 China Copy Share Image
The best thing you can give as a leader is a reason to trust. People want to trust. They're hungry for it.… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Best things Copy Share Image
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 Airplane Copy Share Image
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 Able Copy Share Image
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 Always Copy Share Image
The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's… — Jeffrey R. Immelt About Copy Share Image
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 Customers Copy Share Image
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 Bad people Copy Share Image
I'm out talking about this company (General Electric) seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with nothing to hide. We're a… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Business Copy Share Image
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 America Copy Share Image
The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Bigger Copy Share Image
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 Cincinnati Copy Share Image
