Change the leader, change the organization.
Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.
The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
Since I've been in the NBA, I've played for four different people. I don't know how much more you can go.
Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered.
I'm the seventh chancellor at Vanderbilt; Bobby Johnson is the 25th head football coach. That shows a lack of commitment to attract and retain.
You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have been CEO of GE, there have been four CEOs of Toshiba. So there's too short a time to do it, and there's too long a time to do it.
A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.
We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain.
I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.
It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.
There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.
Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.
No one has a right to occupy the privileged position all the time, so it should be contested. It should always be messy in there.
