The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then acting decisively and quickly on that reality. Think how many times we have procrastinated, hoped it would get better. Most of the mistakes you've made have been through not being willing to face into it, straight in the mirror that reality you find, then taking action on it. That's all managing is, defining and acting. Not hoping, not waiting fro the next plan. Not rethinking it. Getting on with it. Doing it. Defining and doing it.

No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards.

Six Sigma is a quality program that, when all is said and done, improves your customers' experience, lowers your costs, and builds better leaders.

The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.

GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets.