One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution.

We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s. And the idea was in this modern day and age, how do you get IBM’ers around the world to be global citizens? You know, globally aware, contribute, understand how to work in that environment, but do it on scale.

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.

I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that.

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

Don't let others define you. Define yourself.