we sat down without alex gorsky for an extended conversation. alex gorsky, chairman and c.e.o.f johnson and johnson. bloomberg's "big decisions." i want to take you back. you run a big company. 134,000 employees. back to 1982 fresh out of west point you were a lieutenant with a platoon. 22 young men that were didn't just depending upon you and you were putting depending on you and you are putting them sometimes in harm's way. how are you a different leader than 22? alex: hopefully i have grown and matured. what i would say is starting out in the military i think you have so much to learn like when you are a c.e.o. and a lesson i learned in the military early is you have to earn the right to lead and to be in command. while you may have a rank on your sleeve that doesn't bestow the respect and credibility of soldiers. early on being able to listen to senior noncommissioned officers and be trained by them in ny ways is very similar to what i had to do a johnson & johnson. when i was in the army it was about duty, honor, country. making sure that we were there for a higher calling

alex gorsky, chairman and ceo of johnson & johnson, welcome to "bloomberg big decisions." od to have you here. alex: david, it is great to be here. david: i want to take you back. right now, you run a big company, 134,000 employees. let's go back to 1982. fresh out of west point. you were a lieutenant, had a platoon, 22 young men. they were dependent upon you. and frankly, you were putting them, sometimes, in harm's way. how are you a different leader today than you were at 22? alex: well, hopefully, i have grown, matured a lot. look, what i would say is, starting in the military, you have so much to learn, much like you are when you are a ceo. i think a lesson i learned in the military early on is you have got to earn the right to lead and to be in command. while you may have a rank on your sleeve, that does not immediately bestow upon you the respect and credibility with your soldiers. so going in very early on in my career, being able to listen to senior noncommissioned officers, being able to be trained by them, in many ways, is very similar to what i had to do at johns

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