Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer. Jack Welch More Quotes by Jack Welch More Quotes From Jack Welch In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. Jack Welch strategyhellreal Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times. Jack Welch commontryingpeople It's the internet like the flu - it just spreads like crazy. Jack Welch internetflucrazy Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less. Jack Welch revolution There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference - one that looks like it would be fun - and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company. Jack Welch differencesfunthinking Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it were. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead. Change before you have to. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Control your own destiny, or someone else will. Jack Welch destinywishreality Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step. Jack Welch crisiswastesteps I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough. Jack Welch ive-learnedactingway In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece - meal activities. It's got to have a vision. Jack Welch ordercountryamerica In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything. Jack Welch stampstryingpeople Control your destiny or somebody will. Jack Welch destinymotivationallife The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts. Jack Welch creativityinspirationalideas If you've got a company that has a mentality inside that is filled with searching for a better idea every day, not just as a slogan but as a real concept, you will have innovation around you all the time. Jack Welch innovationrealideas Approach every meeting with a purposeful, high-energy, ready-to-make-a-contribution attitude, and watch how fast leadership’s perception of you follows your behavior. Jack Welch perceptionenergyattitude Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas. Jack Welch intellectualinspirationalideas What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed. Jack Welch innovationfocusyears A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message. Jack Welch numberstwopeople ...I think that ideally that is how a company works. It becomes a place of ideas, not a place of position. Jack Welch working-itideasthinking You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. Jack Welch appraisalcowardpeople A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it Jack Welch remainsdestinationleader
