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If we get the right people in the right job we've won the game.

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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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In the end, your integrity is all you've got.
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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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Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and it frustrates teams and bosses to no end.
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Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to eyeball, back and forth. It involves more listening than talking.
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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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If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.
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If we don't create private sector jobs and just - just creating public sector jobs, we're going nowhere. This is a bad game. You've got to have innovation. You've got to have tax policies that support innovation.
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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.
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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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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions.
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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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Control your destiny or somebody will.
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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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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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Don't lose youself on the way to the top.
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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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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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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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The team with the best players wins.
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