Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes

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• In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over time, if you…
• I'm out talking about this company (General Electric) seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with nothing to hide. We're a 130-year-old company that…
• The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to…
• People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings guidance, but we…
• Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.
• I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a new beginning and…
• I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense…
• Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your passion and get…
• Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.
• The best thing you can give as a leader is a reason to trust. People want to trust. They're hungry for it. But they're selective.…
• Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look…
• Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools.. but they must be kept to a minimum.
• 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 knows it also…
• 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 still expect to…
• I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax rate in the…
• I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even…
• Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.
• There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the…
• Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American…

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