High Performance with High Integrity

Acknowledgments and Dedication

My friends and colleagues at GE taught me so much during my years at the company. I cannot thank them all by name. But obviously, Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt made it all possible—and taught me volumes about what leadership means. Special thanks go to CFOs Dennis Dammerman and Keith Sherin, to HR leader Bill Conaty, to CIO Gary Reiner, to all heads of the corporate audit staff during my tenure (including Charlene Begley, Dave Calhoun, and John Rice), and to all my extraordinary partners in GE Legal, including Zoe Baird, Chris Barecca, Nancy Barton, Frank Blake, Ted Boehm, Raymond Burse, Rick Cotton, Pam Daley, Barbara Daniele, Brackett Denniston, Ugo Draetta, Mark Elborne, Ivan Fong, Mike Gadbaw, Scott Gilbert, Ralph ...