On Being A Managerial Misfit

January, 1964

Every Venturesome American Male, I suppose, likes to think that he could be a successful corporate executive if he bothered to try. The captain of industry in our society commands the open or secret envy of most of us; and if you watch him for a day you may gain the impression that you might, with a little practice, be able to take his place credibly.I watched such executives for more than two years before preparing my recent book The Pyramid Climbers. In the course of my watching and researchin...

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