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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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Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best ideas and transferring them to others is the secret. There's nothing more important.
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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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I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough.
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The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.
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Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.
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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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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.
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When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.
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Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.
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Keep learning don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth always assume that you can learn something from someone else.
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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.
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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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