A quote from John Ternus’ internal memo leaked today (emphasis is mine):

As you’ve by now heard, Tim has announced that he will be transitioning into the executive chairman role, and in September, I will become Apple’s new CEO. It has been such a privilege to lead the hardware engineering team, to be part of such remarkable work, and to see all of you in action, determined as ever to do everything we can for our users. I look forward to working with you very closely in my new role. Needless to say, I still plan to be very hands-on.

I like this a lot. I always admired people who can be very high-level and very hands-on while being relevant at both levels.