Top 29 Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes (LEADERSHIP)

Top 10 Most Famous Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes (BEST)

“Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It’s about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, ‘I could have done three things better yesterday.'”
Jeffrey R. Immelt

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration. — Good **leaders** don’t tell people what to do, they give teams capability and **inspiration**.

Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your passion and get good at it. — **Work hard** with **passion** and **courage**. Life is a **marathon** of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something… Find your passion and get good at it.

I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people. — I have **learned** that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to **invest** even when the **future** is unclear, and great people.

Enron and 911 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. — Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual **freedom** and the beginning of personal **responsibility**.

“There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.”
Jeffrey R. Immelt

Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.

Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action. — Values can’t just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape **action**.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well. — Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can’t, then you’re not leading well.

There’s a difference between tough-mindedness and meanness.

8 Inspirational Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes on Life and Leadership

“In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over time, if you play long enough, everybody gets what he deserves – good and bad.”
Jeffrey R. Immelt

I never pretend to know all the answers, and I want to continue to be fast on my feet.

Live with passion. Live with purpose. — Live with **passion**. Live with **purpose**.

The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it. — The most important thing I’ve learned since becoming CEO is context. It’s how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.

Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive view of the future and say 'we can do it.' — Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any **change** process. You have to show people a positive view of the **future** and say ‘we can do it.’

And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people. — And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my **time** on people.

Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things. — Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to **learn** things.

I think this notion that it's the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong. — I think this notion that it’s the population of the U.S. against the big companies is just wrong.

4 Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes on General Electric (GE)

“The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.”
Jeffrey R. Immelt

Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American companies. — **Business** leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American companies.

“The one thing that people don’t get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it’s not a company. It’s not just a job. You feel like you’re part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.”
Jeffrey R. Immelt

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market. — As one of America’s largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.

7 Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes on Success (INNOVATION)

“I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense of urgency and listening to people.”
Jeffrey R. Immelt