A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
Interpretation
A leader should motivate and inspire rather than merely manage and command.
In this quote, Jack Welch emphasizes that effective leadership is about empowering and motivating others rather than exerting control or authority. A true leader inspires their team by providing guidance and creating an environment that energizes and excites individuals to perform at their best. This approach fosters collaboration and innovation, leading to greater success for the entire organization.
In practice
In a team meeting to inspire cooperation and enthusiasm among colleagues.
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning!
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.
The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform better. If more coaches took . . . a Golden Rule approach to coaching, treating their players the way they themselves would like to be treated, fewer athletes would drop out of sports in their teens, and more athletes at every level would be happier and more satisfied.
I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first.
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