Jack
waste steps crisis
Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.
loss cutting winning
A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere else.
leader ifs
If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.
real business-success able
Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.
jobs people important
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.
jobs games ideas
Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best ideas and transferring them to others is the secret. There's nothing more important.
fun thinking differences
There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference one that looks like it would be fun and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.
revolution
Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less.
people trying stamps
In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
teamwork people norm
People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.
running leader united-states
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
inspirational couple business
If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
inspirational mean thinking
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
country order america
In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.