Jack Welch Quotes

Make people believe what they think and do is important, and then get out of the way while they do it.

Change before you have to.

The market is rewarding you like Super Bowl winners or Olympic gold medalists. I know I have such athletes reporting to me. Can you put your team against my team? Are you proud of everyone who reports to you? If you aren't, you can't win. You can't win the game.

I don't give a damn if we get a little bureaucracy as long as we get the results. If it bothers you, yell at it. Kick it. Scream at it. Break it!

Don't do what they ask you. Do what they ask you plus other insight.

An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them.

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

Look, the worst thing a person does is fire somebody. Or lay somebody off. It's the most unpleasant moment of a leader's life. That's why people don't do it.

I got my first taste of leadership from the scrappy, aggressive kids in the neighbourhood as they played endless games and sports.