Jack Welch

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”

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

“The team with the best players wins.”

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

“Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.”

“Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.”

“Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.”

“I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.”

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”

“Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“Change before you have to.”

“What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.”