Jack Welch

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.

Jack Welch

The team with the best players usually does win – this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

Jack Welch

The team with the best players wins.

Jack Welch

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

Jack Welch

Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

Jack Welch

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

Jack Welch

When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

Jack Welch

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

Jack Welch

When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight.

Jack Welch

Working to fulfill someone else’s needs or dreams almost always catches up with you.

Jack Welch