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Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

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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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Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood……. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.
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Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.
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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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Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.
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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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