Jack Welch
Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr.is a retired American business executive, author, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure at GE, the company's value rose 4,000%. In 2006, Welch's net worth was estimated at $720 million. When he retired from GE he received a severance payment of $417 million, the largest such payment in history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1935
CityPeabody, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Jack Welch quotes about
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.
Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making.
HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?
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.
If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow...It goes without saying that 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...
Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.
Any company trying to compete...must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee.
The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
Don't make the process harder than it is.