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The team with the best players wins.

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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Massachusetts
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What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.
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The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.
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The hero is the one with ideas.
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A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it
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Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cash is king. Get every drop of cash you can get and hold onto it.
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Some people have better ideas than others some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.
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Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.
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The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.
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