Jack Welch Quotes

John Francis Welch Jr. was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. When he retired from GE he received a severance payment of $417 million, the largest such payment in business history. ...more

Birth: November 19, 1935 - Death: March 01, 2020

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

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.

Topic(s): People , Grows , Leader

If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.

Topic(s): Ifs , Successful , Success

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.

Topic(s): World , Important , Reality

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

Topic(s): Should , Looks , Jobs

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.

Topic(s): People , Together , Winning

Don’t take a job because your mother wants you to. Don’t be a victim. You own your decision.

Topic(s): Want , Jobs , Mother

Protecting underperformers always backfires.

Topic(s): Team , Building , Team Building

Too often we measure everything and understand nothing. The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and cash flow. If you’re growing customer satisfaction, your global market share is sure to grow, too. Employee satisfaction gets you productivity, quality, pride, and creativity. And cash flow is the pulse—the key vital sign of a company.