If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.
Jack WelchI wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.
Jack WelchAny jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
Jack WelchToo many people believe that one big, public success will solve their self-confidence problems forever. That only happens in the movies. In real life, the opposite strategy is what works. Call it the small victo-ries approach. In time you will discover that all failing really does teach you something you needed to know- so you can regroup and stretch again, with ever more...nerve.
Jack Welch