Jack Welch

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”

“Change before you have to.”

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

“An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.”

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

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

“The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and cash flow.”

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

“If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...you almost don't have to manage them.”

“Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on your sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.”

“Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.”

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

“My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.”

“The essence of competitiveness is liberated human spirit.”