A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
Jack WelchThe idea of let's all share the pain equally, or let's freeze salaries altogether - it's ass-backwards. It's absolutely ass-backwards.
Jack WelchInsecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything theyโve known since childhoodโฆโฆ. They worry that if theyโre simple, people will think theyโre simple minded. In reality, of course, itโs just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.
Jack WelchYou never know how diverse your career can be. I think it's wonderful. My life has always been the next page, not the last page.
Jack Welch