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

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

So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your needs may get heard - and even successfully resolved - but not if the boss's needs aren't met as well.

What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers

Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.

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.