Enrique Salem, President and CEO of Symantec Corporation, sat down with NY Times journalist, Adam Bryant, to discuss his leadership style and lessons learned. The computer security company executive spoke of Shakespeare and Tennyson, what it takes to understand the bigger picture, risks and a culture of winning.

There’s a verse from William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” which is, “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” I have this presentation that I give to our advanced leadership class, and the title is, “Lessons I’ve Learned Along the Way.” One of the slides has that quote, because if you think about that quote, it really is how I want our company to be. You’ve got to take some chances. You’ve got to take some risks, and sometimes things don’t work out, but you’ve got to go for it.

Read more from the interview, "Want to lead? Ask Tennyson and Shakespeare", on the New York Times Website.