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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Businessperson
Engineer
Journalist
Manager
Writer
Peabody
Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
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John Francis Jack Welch
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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.
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The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses.
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Change before you have to.
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In the future, those who are not coaches will not be promoted.
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Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less.
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If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.
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The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I don't think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.
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Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy and will be a key force in guiding the company's future growth.
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In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.
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A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere else.
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Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.
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If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.
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Cash is king. Get every drop of cash you can get and hold onto it.
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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.
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Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.
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Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do.
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Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.
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