On Being A Managerial Misfit

On Being a Managerial MisfitEvery 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 o...