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To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

James C. Collins

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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best.
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Indeed, the real question is not, Why greatness? but What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness? if you have to ask the question, Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough? then you're probably int he wrong line of work.
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Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.
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It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
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Get keep right people.
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In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life
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Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.
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