Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.

We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.

I joined the police force with one motivation in mind: to become a high school PE teacher. After a year of working, I realized that a) I was making twice as much money as I would in the teaching profession, and b) I was having too much fun. I stuck it out for 32 years and no regrets.

When you get kicked, you must know that the response is to play better. That is the way I have always thought. That is an extra motivation for me to play better.

Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.

Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.