Jack Welch quotes

" An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. " # Action # Competition # Success

" I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. " # Teachers and Teaching # Mistakes # Success

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

" Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. " # Change # Love # Courage

" I was afraid of the Internet… because I couldn’t type. " # Fear

" Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today’s world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. " # Management # Politics # Decisions

" Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas. " # Courage # Ambition # Change

" An overburdened, over-stretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people " # Management # Planning # Leaders and Leadership

" I enjoy challenging a person's ideas. No one loves a good and passionately fought argument more than I do. This isn't about being tough-minded and straightforward. That's the job. But so is sensing when to hug and when to kick. Of course, arrogant people who refuse to learn from their mistakes have to go. If we're managing good people who are clearly eating themselves up over an error, our job is to help them through it. That doesn't mean you have to take it easy on your top performers. " # Mistakes # Love # Leaders and Leadership

" The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses. " # Dreams # Potential # Ideas