leadership Quotes

Long-term vision and product strategy.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

People care a lot that the USA is well run, and people globally expect us to do things in upgrading science and more.

I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news. We had to get a balanced picture. In fact, I kind of favored just hearing about the accounts... ...

I have always loved the competitive forces in this business. You know I certainly have meetings where I spur people on by saying, "Hey, we can do better than this. How come we are not out ahead on that?" Thats... ...

It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don't want them to... ...

Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.

There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.