The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.

The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.

When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight.

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.

Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.