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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Change before you have to.

Change before you have to.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing...

We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing...

You're a true 90's kid if you've ever heard someone say, 'Get off the phone,...

You're a true 90's kid if you've ever heard someone say, 'Get off the phone,...