Jack Welch's 6 Rules

1. Control your destiny, or someone else will.

You have to be intentional about where you are going as an organisation. If you don’t set the direction and chart the course, nature (usually mediocrity) will take over.

2. Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were.

Where are things at in your organisations? Not what was it like or what do you hope it to be, but what is the reality and what are you going to do about it?

3. Be candid with everyone.

Call a spade a spade. Don’t tap dance around issues. Say it as it is. (This does not mean be harsh or nasty, just candid.)

4. Don’t manage, lead.

Don’t keep the boat afloat, chart the course.

5. Change before you have to.

Don’t play catch up, always be a step ahead of the game.

6. If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.

Focus on what you are good at and can continue to be good at.