If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

Quote by Jack Welch

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Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

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.

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...

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

The team with the best players wins.

The team with the best players wins.

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...

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

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