"What gets them motivated is the purpose of what you're tring to get done. And that's i would always try to encourage people to think about the what if be able to clatid, because that's what really motivates people." "If you can plant seeds, and let's say, a dozen or 15 or 20 imagination breakthroughs, they have a multiplication effect," he says. 'We want everybody to see what's possible in the organization'
“I say sometimes that leadership is a journey into yourself. It’s self-renewal, self-reflection, self-confidence. It’s going to bed kind of scratching your head and saying, “Man, I’m not as good,” and waking up the next morning and trying it again — and I think that’s what matters.” In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, former CEO of General Electric and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Jeff Immelt sits down with lecturer Matt Abrahams to discuss communicating during times of challenge and pressure. “There’s no such thing as perfection of crisis,” Immelt says. “This is a pass-fail test, and all you really want to do is make progress.”
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