9 Jack Welch Quotes on Business

Jack Welch quotes on business

4. In GE every day, there's an informal, unspoken personnel review-in the lunchroom, the hallways, and in every business meeting. That intense people focus-testing everyone in a myriad of environments-defines managing at GE. In the end, that's what GE is. We build great people, who then build great products and services.

6. Change has no constituency-and a perceived revolution has even less.

9. Being a CEO is the nuts! A whole jumble of thoughts come to mind: Over the top. Wild. Fun. Outrageous. Crazy. Passion. Perpetual motion. The give-and-take. Meetings into the night. Incredible friendships. Fine wine. Celebrations. Great golf courses. Big decisions in the real game. Crises and pressure. Lots of swings. A few home runs. The thrill of winning. The pain of losing. It's as good as it gets! You get paid a lot, but the real payoff is in the fun.

13. Business has to be fun. For too many people, it's 'just a job.'

14. Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.

15. Again, your challenge is not just to improve. It is to break the service paradigm in your industry or market so that customers aren't just satisfied, they're so shocked that they tell strangers on the street how good you are.

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

18. Be number 1 or 2 in your business or get out.

19. Change before you have to.