Quotes from Jack Welch

This shows you are never too old to get surprised.

Drucker said: 'If you weren't already in this business, would you enter it today? And if not, what are you going to do about it?' ... Simple, right? But incredibly powerful.

Culture drives great results.

I guarantee you it will not be anyone from the outside.

The record results for the third quarter once again demonstrate the ability of GE's diverse mix of leading global businesses to deliver top-line growth, increased margins and strong cash generation.

They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to act, and act as quickly as we could, and make the offer more attractive.

We have the brand, and we have the fulfillment capability. Now we had to get the Net, and that's the easiest part of the game.

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

No one is guaranteed a job in this.

GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets.

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.

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.

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.

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

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.

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

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.

With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and how fast can we get there?'