Jack Welch Quotes

• I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Mistake

• 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.

  Jack Welch

  Tags in Globalization

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

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem

• Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Successful, Commerce

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

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Realism, Reality, Inspiration

• Don’t manage – lead change before you have to.

  Jack Welch

  Tags in Manage

• Control your own destiny or someone else will.

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Destiny, Inspiration

• Be candid with everyone.

  Jack Welch

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

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Ability

  Tags in Action, Learning

• I was afraid of the internet… because I couldn’t type.

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Computer

• Change before you have to.

  Jack Welch

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change

Jack Welch (31)

Birth:	19th November, 1935
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA. He is an American businessman and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. In 2006, Welch's net worth was estimated at $720 million. He earned a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1957. He earned an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1958. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1960. He has written several books include: Jack: Straight from the Gut(with John A. Byrne), Winning(with Suzy Welch), and Winning: The Answers(with Suzy Welch).

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