Jack Welch People Quotations

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.

The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I don't think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.

You measure your people and you take action on those that don't measure up.

If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy.

Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.

Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.

In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.

People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.

If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them

I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.

I'm not perfect, but if there are any points given for caring about people with every fiber of your being and giving life all you've got every day, then I suppose I have a shot.

Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times.

People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions.

If we get the right people in the right job we've won the game.

What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia?

You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people.

In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.

Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.

An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.

As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated.

The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead.

I think every leader has an obligation - the absolute obligation - to treat everyone fairly. But they also have the obligation to treat everyone differently. Because people aren't all the same, and the last thing you ever want to do, in my opinion, is let the best in your organization be treated like the worst in your organization. It does nothing for your future.

A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.

Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

The world belongs to passionate driven people.

Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you fail as a leader.

If work is just going in every day and getting a check, it's an ugly life. When you can make work a meaningful purpose, you've hit the jackpot for people.

Trust is enormously powerful in a corporation. People won't do their best unless they believe they'll be treated fairly. The only way I know how to create that kind of trust is by laying out your values and then walking the talk. You've got to do what you say you'll do, consistently, over time.