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We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.

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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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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.
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In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.
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No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project - doing anything that's more important than something you say is going to change the company.
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If you don't deliver, you don't earn the flexibility.
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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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The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
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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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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards.
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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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When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.
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Change before you have to.
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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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