Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.

If you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to be on the lunatic fringe.

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.

My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make it work.

Don't lose youself on the way to the top.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.