The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Quote by Jack Welch

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Two's company, three's a crowd

Two's company, three's a crowd

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A fool and his money are soon parted.