Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things.

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.

I've been seeing the change. It's been steady. It's been more controlled than people think. And my own belief is that China knows it also needs to be part of the world, and that it needs to be able to have trade with Europe and the United States in order to house and feed a billion people. That's really kind of single-mindedly what they see their role as being.

The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.