Jack Welch John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. ) is the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. He remains a highly regarded more..

“ Jack Welch:Change before you have to. #Change

“ Jack Welch:Be number 1 or 2 in your business or get out. #Business

“ Jack Welch:Don't do what they ask you. Do what they ask you plus other insight. #Industry

“ #Success

“ #Business

“ #Change

“ #Mistakes

“ Jack Welch: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. #Language

“ Jack Welch:An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. #Action

“ Jack Welch:I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. #Teachers and Teaching

“ Jack Welch: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. #Management

“ #Dreams

“ Jack Welch:From the day I joined GE to the day I was named CEO, twenty years later, my bosses cautioned me about my candor. I was labeled abrasive and consistently warned my candor would soon get in the way of my career. … and I’m telling you that it was candor that helped make it work. #Change

“ Jack Welch:Again, your challenge is not just to improve. It is to break the service paradigm in your industry or market so that customers aren’t just satisfied, they’re so shocked that they tell strangers on the street how good you are. #Failure

“ #Business

“ #Revolutions and Revolutionaries

“ Jack Welch:Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. #Change

“ #Ideas

“ Jack Welch:I was afraid of the Internet… because I couldn’t type. #Fear

“ #Business

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