Quote

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

Jack Welch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
Author
Businessperson
Engineer
Journalist
Manager
Writer
Peabody
Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
Jr.
John Francis Jack Welch
Jr.
Managers
Biggest
Stand
System
People
Appraisal
Rigorous
Cowards
Coward

More quotes by Jack Welch

Image
I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
Jack Welch
Image
If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.
Jack Welch
Image
In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
Jack Welch
Image
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
Jack Welch
Image
The hero is the one with ideas.
Jack Welch
Image
Trust happens when leaders are transparent.
Jack Welch
Image
The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.
Jack Welch
Image
Don't make the process harder than it is.
Jack Welch
Image
There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to turn that learning into action faster than the competition.
Jack Welch
Image
Some people have better ideas than others some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.
Jack Welch
Image
People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.
Jack Welch
Image
We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ... We have just completed a very successful management transition and I've never been more confident about the company's future.
Jack Welch
Image
The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins.
Jack Welch
Image
People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.
Jack Welch
Image
If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by
Jack Welch
Image
As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going.
Jack Welch
Image
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.
Jack Welch
Image
If we don't create private sector jobs and just - just creating public sector jobs, we're going nowhere. This is a bad game. You've got to have innovation. You've got to have tax policies that support innovation.
Jack Welch
Image
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.
Jack Welch
Image
Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.
Jack Welch