"Marvin Bower was a great leader and a great teacher. He did not believe leadership could be taught, but he did believe it could be learned. I had the opportunity to observe his deep personal influence on legions of business people and colleagues one by one. For that was his way. One by one."
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in: Elizabeth Haas Edersheim (2010) McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting. Foreword
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Marvin Bower
Marvin Bower (August 1, 1903 – January 22, 2003) was an American business leader, considered by the Harvard Business School as "the father of modern management consulting."
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