Change before you have to.

Quote by Jack Welch

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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

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

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

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...