395 Quotes by Jack Welch

Stretch targets energize. We have found that by reaching for what appears to be the impossible, we often actually do the impossible; and even when we don't quite make it, we inevitably wind up doing much better than we would have done.

The 3Ss of Winning in business are speed, simplicity, and self-confidence.

Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do.

Our behavior is driven by a fundamental core belief: the desire, and the ability, of an organization to continuously learn from any source, anywhere; and to rapidly convert this learning into action is its ultimate competitive advantage.

The idea of let's all share the pain equally, or let's freeze salaries altogether - it's ass-backwards. It's absolutely ass-backwards.

When there's change, there's opportunity.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

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.