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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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...

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...

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...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

The team with the best players wins.

The team with the best players wins.

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

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

Change before you have to.

Change before you have to.