395 Quotes by Jack Welch

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia?

Celebrating creates an atmosphere of recognition and positive energy. Imagine a team winning the World Series without champagne spraying everywhere. And yet companies win all the time and let it go without so much as a high five. Work is too much a part of life not to recognize moments of achievement. Make a big deal out of them. If you don't, no one will.

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.

Take the middle 70 percent and tell them what they need to do to get into the top 20 percent.

Ideally, the star will be replaced within eight hours. This sends the message that no single individual is bigger than the company.