Jack Welch

United States
Born on 19 Nov 1935
Business Executive / Author

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I'm not retiring because I'm old and tired. I'm retiring because an organization has had 20 years of me. My success will be determined by how well my successor grows it in the next 20 years.

Quoted in 'The Ultimate Manager,' Fortune. (November 1999)
Bonuses, as well as salaries, reward the finding and sharing of ideas even more than their origination.

Interview in The Winning Streak Mark II (1997)
Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
If a job doesn�t excite you on some level�just because of the stuff of it � don�t settle.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.
Change before you have to.
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.
When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.

Inc. (1995)
When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.
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