“Give me a highly successful unionized industry.” InspirationalGivingSuccessfulIndustryGive Me Author:Jack Welch
“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.” PeopleKnowsWantInspirationalMomentsCultureNamesCompanyTeachingThousandSpeechEach DayEmployeeCeoJerk Author:Jack Welch
“If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.” IfsInspirationalBigsStuckReputationBureaucracy Author:Jack Welch
“There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.” IfsStoriesLostNationsBitsDifferencesUnitedNew YorkBuildingSecretaryUnited Nations Author:John Bolton
“We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?” InspirationalYearsSaidCountryOughtWealthy Author:Jack Welch
“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.” WorldInspirationalIdeasCompanyTalentChangedSourceIntellectualSellsGlobalizationEconomic GlobalizationIntellectual Capital Author:Jack Welch
“My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” PeopleInspirationalJobsCoursesWaterTalentManagementDevelopingWeedProvidingGardenerNourishmentPulling Weeds Author:Jack Welch
“Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.” InspirationalYearsTermCompanyFiveFive YearsEarningShort TermJerk Author:Jack Welch
“In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.” StatesRunningUnitedLeaderUnited StatesLifetimePresidencyQualifiedRomney Author:Jack Welch
“Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.” InspirationalCreditCyclesChemicalsDistributionGasolineGasoline Prices Author:Jack Welch