Change before you have to.

Quote by Jack Welch

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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...

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.

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

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

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

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...

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...

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

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

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

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

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...

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

The team with the best players wins.

The team with the best players wins.

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...

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...

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...