Jack Welch Quotes - Page 2

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be

Keep learning; don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something from someone else.

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.

If you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.

The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.

Strategy is not a lengthy action plan. It is the evolution of a central idea through continually changing circumstances.

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

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple.

Celebrating creates an atmosphere of recognition and positive energy. Imagine a team winning the World Series without champagne spraying everywhere. And yet companies win all the time and let it go without so much as a high five. Work is too much a part of life not to recognize moments of achievement. Make a big deal out of them. If you don't, no one will.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

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

Someone, somewhere has a better idea.

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.

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

The world belongs to passionate driven people.

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.

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

Don't make the process harder than it is.

First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.

Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.