The growth of large economic organizations has produced a new type of powerful individual: the "executive," as he is called in America. ... The must have a firm jaw, tightly closed lips, and a habit of brief and incisive speech. ... He must combine the qualities of a great general and a great diplomatist: ruthlessness in battle, but a capacity for skilful concession in negotiation. It is by such qualities that men acquire control of important economic organizations.
Source: Power, 1938.
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