A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand.

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.

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

Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

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.