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The record results for the third quarter once again demonstrate the ability of GE's diverse mix of leading global businesses to deliver top-line grow….
The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game..
GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets..
We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ..….
There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to tur….
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage..
Any company trying to compete...must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee..
Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you fail as a leader..
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up..
Control your own destiny or someone else will..
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near..
We have the brand, and we have the fulfillment capability. Now we had to get the Net, and that's the easiest part of the game..
Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career..
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..
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is..
Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve ….
No one is guaranteed a job in this..
No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project - doing anything that's more important ….
Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity..
Someone, somewhere has a better idea..
You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand..