Jack Welch Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”

“Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.”

“You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.”

“Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.”

“Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.”