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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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On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece - meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
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The hero is the one with ideas.
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When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.
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In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends to go to the well and equalize rather than differentiate.
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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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Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.
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Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.
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The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I don't think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.
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Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.
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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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