Jack Welch Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.”

“Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.”

“Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.”

“What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.”

“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.”

“In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.”

“The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.”

“Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.”

“I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.”

“The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.”