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Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.
Jack Welch
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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Peabody
Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
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John Francis Jack Welch
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When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.
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What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.
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It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.
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Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it were. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead. Change before you have to. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Control your own destiny, or someone else will.
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You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand.
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We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies-in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been there in front of our noses all along while we've been running around chasing robots and reading books on how to become Japanese-or at least manage like them.
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Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less.
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I don't think environmentalists have the slightest reason to be concerned about globalization because every time you move a plant to a new place you upgrade the neighborhood. You put in global standards. You put in modern plants. And all the plants around it get improved.
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Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer.
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Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.
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Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
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Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.
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I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people and their communities.
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