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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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Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
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I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.
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Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.
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HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?
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When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.
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The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
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Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.
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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
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If you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.
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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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Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.
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The main social responsibility for a company is to win.
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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.
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When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.
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