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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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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Massachusetts
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Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.
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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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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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On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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A strategy is something like, an innovative new product globalization, taking your products around the world be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch you can motivate people with be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.
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In any bad situation you can not let yourself be a victim.
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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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Don't lose youself on the way to the top.
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HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?
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The biggest opportunity for big companies has come by far in the digitization of internal processes.
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Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.
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If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by
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You can't behave in a calm, rational manner. You've got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.
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Just because you are the boss doesn't mean you are the source of all knowledge.
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The hero is the one with ideas.
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Don't make the process harder than it is.
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