Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.

To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.

The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.

The main point is first get the right people on the bus (and wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. The second key point is the degree of sheer rigor in people decisions in order to take a company from Good to Great.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.