"The performance of business leaders during the next decade will play a major role in determining not only business but political and social trends for a long time to come. Here are some of the principal reasons: - Business leaders control the economic well-being of and stockholder. - The course of business shapes public opinion. - Business leaders shape public opinion. So, in addition to his or her prime responsibility of managing his or her enterprise at a profit, the business leader of today is faced with new and larger responsibilities. And, at the same time, the job of managing his or her enterprise at a profit is increasing in complexity. Consequently, the imposition of additional responsibilities makes the nation’s task of developing an adequate number of properly equipped executive leaders a staggering one indeed."
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Marvin Bower (1949) The development of executive leadership. Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. p. v
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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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