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

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

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Change before you have to. by Jack Welch

Change before you have to.

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Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimi... by Jack Welch

Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.

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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.

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If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change o... by Jack Welch

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

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There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to turn that learning into action faster than the competition.

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An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

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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.

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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.

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The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

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Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Control your own destiny or someone else will. by Jack Welch

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

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If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. by Jack Welch

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

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

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The secret of success is changing the way you think. by Jack Welch

The secret of success is changing the way you think.

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