51 Most Inspiring Jack Welch Quotes On Success

“Control your destiny or somebody will.” ― Jack Welch

“When you own your choices, you own their consequences.” ― Jack Welch

“Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.” ― Jack Welch

“Don’t lose yourself on the way to the top.” ― Jack Welch

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” ― Jack Welch

“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” ― Jack Welch

“No vision is worth the paper it’s printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards.” ― Jack Welch

“It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.” ― Jack Welch

“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ― Jack Welch

“If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow.” ― Jack Welch

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” ― Jack Welch

“Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better.” ― Jack Welch

“Life is too short to spend every day doing something you don’t love.“ Jack Welch

“Cash is king. Get every drop of cash you can get and hold onto it.” ― Jack Welch

“Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It’s that simple.” ― Jack Welch

“All of management is about self-confidence” ― Jack Welch

“When the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight. The only question is when.” ― Jack Welch

“Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one’s sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.” ― Jack Welch

“If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you’re stuck.” ― Jack Welch

“Don’t manage – lead change before you have to.” ― Jack Welch

“You measure your people and you take action on those that don’t measure up.” ― Jack Welch

“I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.” ― Jack Welch

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ― Jack Welch

“Look, winning and losing can’t be quantified. They are states of mind, and losing happens only when you give up. Seen that way, then, the world can be filled with winners, and there is room for them all.” ― Jack Welch

“Keep learning; don’t be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something from someone else.” ― Jack Welch

“The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.” ― Jack Welch

“There is no straight line to a dream.” ― Jack Welch

“The mission announces exactly where you are going, and the values describe the behaviors that will get you there.” ― Jack Welch

“Don’t lose youself on the way to the top.” ― Jack Welch

“Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” ― Jack Welch

“The hero is the one with ideas.” ― Jack Welch

“Don’t manage – lead.” ― Jack Welch

“Every job you take is a gamble that could increase your options or shut them down.” ― Jack Welch

“Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it to be.” ― Jack Welch

“Number one, cash is king, number two communicate, number three, buy or bury the competition.” ― Jack Welch

“I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.” ― Jack Welch

“The secret of success is changing the way you think.” ― Jack Welch

 “Effective people know when to stop assessing and make a tough call, even without total information. Little is worse than a manager who can’t cut bait.” ― Jack Welch

“Change before you have to.” ― Jack Welch

“When launching something new, you have to go for it – ‘playing not to lose’ can never be an option.” ― Jack Welch

“The team with the best players wins.” ― Jack Welch

“You 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

“There are no finite answers to many questions. What really counted was your thought process.” ― Jack Welch

“The Internet is the Viagra of big business.” ― Jack Welch

“A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.” ― Jack Welch

“When there’s change, there’s opportunity.” ― Jack Welch

“A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.” ― Jack Welch

“The 3Ss of Winning in business are speed, simplicity, and self-confidence.” ― Jack Welch

“You can look at the situation and feel victimized. Or you can look at it and be excited about conquering the challenges and opportunities it presents.” ― Jack Welch

“People development should be a daily event, integrated into every aspect of your regular goings-on.“ Jack Welch

“When you were made a leader you weren’t given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” ― Jack Welch

“Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times.” ― Jack Welch

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