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If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.

Jack Welch

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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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First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.
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When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.
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Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.
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Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.
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Be candid with everyone.
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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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Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.
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The secret of success is changing the way you think.
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If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by
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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 value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.
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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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Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.
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Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.
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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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Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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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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