Too many people believe that one big, public success will solve their self-confidence problems forever. That only happens in the movies. In real life, the opposite strategy is what works. Call it the small victo-ries approach. In time you will discover that all failing really does teach you something you needed to know- so you can regroup and stretch again, with ever more...nerve.

The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses.

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.

If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.