Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
Interpretation
Empowering others builds their confidence, enabling them to take action.
In this quote, Jack Welch emphasizes the crucial role of self-confidence in personal and professional development. He believes that instilling confidence in others is paramount because it encourages them to take initiative and act on their ideas, ultimately leading to success and growth in any organization or relationship.
In practice
In a team-building workshop, the facilitator used this quote to inspire participants to uplift each other.
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.
A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.
The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.
There is no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty subcontinent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought under a plan which is titanic, unknown, unparalleled. And what is very important with regard to it is that we have achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the greatest possible character.
You know, I never walk into a room feeling as if I'm in the room as a Black woman. When I walk into the Security Council, I'm the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Security Council, and that's what I tell young women when I meet them.
Authority is granted to people who are perceived as authoring their own words, their own actions, their own lives, rather than playing a scripted role at great remove from their own hearts.
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