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Jack Welch, born on November 19, 1935, is an accomplished author. His works span a variety of fields including business, management, and personal growth, and have been widely appreciated by readers.

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“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.”

“Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best ideas and transferring them to others is the secret. There's nothing more important.”

Mind Important Ideas Jobs Games Secret Huge Employee Ceo

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“The idea of let's all share the pain equally, or let's freeze salaries altogether - it's ass-backwards. It's absolutely ass-backwards.”

Ideas Pain Share Ass Backwards Salary Freeze

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“People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.”

People Ideas Opinion Player Team Fields Best Players

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“Someone, somewhere has a better idea.”

Ideas

Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

“...I think that ideally that is how a company works. It becomes a place of ideas, not a place of position.”

Thinking Ideas Company Position Working It

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“My job is to find great ideas, exaggerate them, and spread them like hell around the business with the speed of light...And to put resources in to support them. Keep finding ideas. That's the job of just about all of our CEOs.”

Ideas Light Jobs Support Hell Findings Resources Spread Speed Ceo Great Idea Speed Of Light

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“The quality of an idea does not depend on its altitude in the organization...An idea can be from any source. So we will search the globe for ideas. We will share what we know with others to get what they know. We have a constant quest to raise the bar, and we get there by constantly talking to others.”

Knows Doe Ideas Quality Talking Share Source Depends Organization Raises Constant Bars Quests Globes Raising The Bar

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“If you've got a company that has a mentality inside that is filled with searching for a better idea every day, not just as a slogan but as a real concept, you will have innovation around you all the time.”

Ifs Ideas Real Company Concepts Innovation Filled Mentality Slogans

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“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.”

Ideas Hard Forever Hard Work Terrible University Productivity Tenure

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“The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.”

Inspirational Humans Wells Persons Ideas Use Spirit Belief Creativity Flow Efficiency Unlimited Human Spirit

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“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.”

World Inspirational Ideas Company Talent Changed Source Intellectual Sells Globalization Economic Globalization Intellectual Capital

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“Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.”

“Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.”

People Ideas Action Stuff Team Building Smart Block Good People Killers Team Building Contributing Candor

Book:Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book

Source: Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book

“Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.”

People Should Ideas Creative Heard Team Building Smarter Team Building

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“On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.”

World Ideas Faces Values Shareholders Shareholder Value

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“We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.”

Ideas Together Intellectual Meetings Managers Service Culture

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“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.”

People Way Giving Ideas Dream Bigs Turns Leadership Roles Support Projects Models Resources Best Way Role Models Big Business Positive Role Model Small Ideas

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“The hero is the one with ideas.”

Ideas Hero

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“The operative assumption today is that someone, somewhere, has a better idea; and the operative compulsion is to find out who has that better idea, learn it, and put it into action-fast.”

Ideas Today Action Assumption Compulsion

Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

“Strategy is not a lengthy action plan. It is the evolution of a central idea through continually changing circumstances.”

Ideas Action Plans Evolution Circumstances Strategy Lengthy

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“Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day”

Inspirational Years Ideas Work Ten Everyday Get Up New Ideas Fifteen Marathon Fifteen Years Sprint

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About the Author

Born: November 19, 1935
Known for: Author
Quotes: 254

Books & Sources

Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business LeaderRelated source material

Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To BookRelated source material

Jack: Straight from the GutRelated source material

Jack: What I've learned leading a great company and great peopleRelated source material

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