If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.

HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

If you reward candor, you'll get it.

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

The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.