When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living. Jack Welch More Quotes by Jack Welch More Quotes From Jack Welch In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States. Jack Welch united-states leader running People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions. Jack Welch rockets people world Creative artists have great passion. Jack Welch passion creative artist 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. Jack Welch honesty intellectual reality The operative assumption today is that someone, somewhere, has a better idea; and the operative compulsion is to find out who has that better idea, learn it, and put it into action-fast. Jack Welch action today ideas Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business. Jack Welch gasoline-prices credit inspirational Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people. Jack Welch agents real people The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins. Jack Welch team winning fun When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go. Jack Welch learning-something-new talking past As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. Jack Welch employee organization leader My job is to find great ideas, exaggerate them, and spread them like hell around the business with the speed of light...And to put resources in to support them. Keep finding ideas. That's the job of just about all of our CEOs. Jack Welch light jobs ideas I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence. Jack Welch excellence asking people You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple. Jack Welch simple believe reality In any bad situation you can not let yourself be a victim. Jack Welch can-not situation victim Make winners out of every business in your company. Don't carry losers. Jack Welch winner company loser I'm not perfect, but if there are any points given for caring about people with every fiber of your being and giving life all you've got every day, then I suppose I have a shot. Jack Welch caring giving people Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers. Jack Welch phenomenon performers average What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia? Jack Welch asia india people Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant. Jack Welch globalization barriers objectives Your goal, in other words, should be to make your bosses smarter, your team more effective, and the whole company more competitive because of your energy, creativity, and insights. Jack Welch creativity team goal
