Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
Jack WelchIts a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day
Jack WelchWhen you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.
Jack WelchA strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.
Jack Welch