Jack Welch Quotes

I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

I think it really makes a difference when you know the people that you're working with, when you develop a relationship.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process of how people work together, you've got to figure out who's got what responsibilities, and how do they work together.

Teams are made up of a lot of components. They're made up of hunger, they're made up of desire, they're made up of chemistry, and they're made up of emotion.

I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

In a disaster you have to have speed. In order to have speed, you have to have trust. And in order to have trust, you have to have people organized and planning before the disaster.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract's wording.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

Teams that consistently perform at the highest levels are able to come together and be unified across the organization - staff, players, coaches, management, and ownership. When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

You're not best friends with someone just because you work with them, but you have to be able to at least work together, or there is no point.

You'll get the maximum potential out of everyone on your team when you create harmony, when you treat each employee well.

When you got a personal relationship with somebody, it's easier to work with someone.

Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.

It's important that I work with good people.

Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on the bus, let's make sure they spend some time driving together.

I think you function much better when you trust people and when you've got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

It's a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don't have to analyze. That's usually a good sign within creative work.