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They (employees) have to feel the rewards that go with winning � in the soul as well as in the wallet.

Speech (November 1989)
I don't like the word empowerment. I think the word we're really talking about is involvement... We want eveiyone to have a say.
If you find a way to get rid of the hierarchical nonsense and allow ideas to flourish, it doesn't matter if you're in Budapest or Beijing.

Financial Times (London) (1997)
Most global corporations have three or four competitors, and you know who they are.

Harvard Business Review (1989)
Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.
The job for big companies, the challenge that we all face as bureaucrats, is to create an environment where people can reach their dreams � and they don't have to do it in a garage.

Fortune (May 1995)
For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple.

Quoted in In Search of European Excellence (1997)
The point of work-out is to give people better jobs. When people see that their ideas count, their dignity is raised. Instead of feeling numb, like robots, they feel important.

'Jack Welch's Lessons for Success,' Fortune (1993)
Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style.

Newsweek (May 1991)
In recent years, probity has eroded. Many major corporations still play things straight, but a significant and growing number... have come to the view that it's okay to manipulate earnings to satisfy what they believe are Wall Street's desires... many CEOs think this kind of manipulation is not only okay, but actually their duty.

Chairman's Letter to Shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway 1998 Annual Report
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