60 Quotes by Jeffrey R. Immelt

It’s the sustained ability to change that really counts.

The most important thing I’ve learned since becoming CEO is context. It’s how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.

People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings guidance, but we tell people openly that they ought to look at the company for the long term and that’s how they ought to invest.

If the only common thread you have as an industrial company is the fact that you think you’re well managed, you can still be a pretty good company, but you’re not going to be a dominant company, a competitive company over time.

I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of 'Fox News' every day and stuff like that.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well.