True Leadership Has People Who Follow When

The Purpose Of Bureaucracy Is To Compensate For Incompetence And Lack Of Discipline.

It's More Important Than Ever To Define Yourself In Terms Of What You Stand For Rather Than What You Make, Because What You Make Is Going To Become Outmoded Faster Than It Has At Any Time In The Past. ...hang On To The Idea Of Who You Are As A Company, And Focus Not On What You Do, But On What You Could Do. By Being Really Clear About What You Stand For And Why You Exist, You Can See What You Could Do With A Much More Open Mind. You Enhance Your Ability To Adapt To Change.

To Have A Welch-caliber C.e.o. Is Impressive.to Have A Century Of Welch-caliber C.e.o.'s All Grown From The Inside - Well, That Is One Key Reason Why G.e. Is A Visionary Company.

Look, I Don't Really Know Where We Should Take This Bus. But I Know This Much: If We Get The Right People On The Bus, The Right People In The Right Seats, And The Wrong People Off The Bus, Then We'll Figure Out How To Take It Someplace Great.

Good-to-great Companies Set Their Goals And Strategies Based On Understanding; Comparison Companies Set Their Goals And Strategies Based On Bravado.