Quote: Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. [Jack Welch]
Quote: The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders -- people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead. [Jack Welch]
Quote: The people who get into trouble in our company are those who carry around the anchor of the past. [Jack Welch]
Quote: An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Be candid with everyone. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Change before you have to. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Control your own destiny or someone else will. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Don't manage - lead change before you have to. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Give me a highly successful unionized industry. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas. [Jack Welch]
Quote: I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type. [Jack Welch]
Quote: I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. [Jack Welch]
Quote: If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century. [Jack Welch]
Quote: If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. [Jack Welch]
Quote: If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them. [Jack Welch]
Quote: My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition. [Jack Welch]
Quote: Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. [Jack Welch]
Quote: The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%. [Jack Welch]
Quote: The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it. [Jack Welch]
Quote: The Internet is the Viagra of big business. [Jack Welch]