Jack Welch

You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.

Jack Welch

You measure your people and you take action on those that don’t measure up.

Jack Welch

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.

Jack Welch

Differentiation favors people who are energetic and extroverted and undervalues people who are shy and introverted, even if they are talented.

Jack Welch

Every great leader has a generosity gene.

Jack Welch

Every job you take is a gamble that could increase your options or shut them down.

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.

Jack Welch

Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant.

Jack Welch

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It’s got the market. It’s got consumer confidence and it’s got banks throwing – I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

Jack Welch

I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people and their communities.

Jack Welch