Some think that it is cruel or brutal to remove the bottom 10 percent of our people. It isn't. It's just the opposite. What I think is brutal and "false kindness" is keeping people around who aren't going to grow and prosper. There's no cruelty like waiting and telling people late into their careers that they don't belong - just when the options are limited and they're putting their children through college or paying off big mortgages.
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… - Jack Welch
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…
- Jack Welch
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. - Jack Welch
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.
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. - Jack Welch
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near. - Jack Welch
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy. - Jack Welch
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.
A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite. - Jack Welch
A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
Change before you have to. - Jack Welch
Change before you have to.
Control your own destiny or someone else will. - Jack Welch
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevan… - Jack Welch
Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevan…
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