I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people and their communities. Jack Welch More Quotes by Jack Welch More Quotes From Jack Welch If your CFO is more important than your CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer) you're nuts! Jack Welch cfo important nuts Without doubt, there are lots of ways to measure the pulse of a business. But if you have employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow right, you can be sure your company is healthy and on the way to winning. Jack Welch cash-flow healthy winning Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer. Jack Welch hierarchy organization faces I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems. Jack Welch guy real leadership My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. Jack Welch weed inspirational jobs 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. Jack Welch business inspirational people Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas. Jack Welch top-management creativity keys If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player personnel? Jack Welch team player baseball In the future, those who are not coaches will not be promoted. Jack Welch coaching coaches We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies. Jack Welch service-culture intellectual ideas Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. Jack Welch strength change life 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. Jack Welch stories people thinking If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do. Jack Welch risk example want 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. Jack Welch motivation leader people I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type. Jack Welch internet computer inspirational When there's change, there's opportunity. Jack Welch opportunity You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is. Jack Welch inspirational two long We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies-in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been there in front of our noses all along while we've been running around chasing robots and reading books on how to become Japanese-or at least manage like them. Jack Welch business running lying So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your needs may get heard - and even successfully resolved - but not if the boss's needs aren't met as well. Jack Welch issues winning thinking If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by Jack Welch waiting answers perfect