Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

Quote by Jack Welch

Topics: Jack Welch Quotes

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

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

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

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.

Change before you have to.

Change before you have to.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and...

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and...

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.