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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
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John Francis Jack Welch
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No one can guarantee you a job other than satisfied customers. That's the only thing that works. Nothing creates work other than products and services you provide that create satisfied customers.
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We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies-in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been there in front of our noses all along while we've been running around chasing robots and reading books on how to become Japanese-or at least manage like them.
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With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and how fast can we get there?'
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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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I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough.
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Approach every meeting with a purposeful, high-energy, ready-to-make-a-contribution attitude, and watch how fast leadership’s perception of you follows your behavior.
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When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.
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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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Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.
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If we get the right people in the right job we've won the game.
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Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.
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Someone, somewhere has a better idea.
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We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.
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You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand.
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