David if a president were to say to you, come in as a cabinet officer, what would you say . Jeffrey im not sure businepeople make great public servants. Ieman would you fix yourplease . David well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would cons i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . After 16 years as the ceo of ge, you have just stepped down. Is a big burden off yo shoulders now . Jeffrey i do think if youre doing the job well, you feel ownership over everybody who is a constituency, and you wear that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So, look, k 16 years is a long time to run one of these coanies, and im kind oke im starting to feel a little bit of decompression, lets say. David so do you think its too long to run a Publiclytraded Company
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . After 16 years as the ceo of ge, you have stepped down. Is a big burden off your shoulders now . Jeffrey i do think if you are doing the job well, you feel honor ownership over everybody that is a constituency and you wear that 24 hours a , day, seven days a week. Look, 16 years is a long time, i am starting to feel a little bit of decompression. David do you think it is too long to run a publicly traded company for someone like you . Jeffrey i think there is a right time and wrong time in terms of doing it. A company of our size, you have to do it long enough to make a difference, shape strategy. It has always in our philosophy to get our ceo tenure. At the same time, it is good to get a new set of eyes on thes