Peter F. Drucker provides us with a valuable lesson relating to what is necessary to succeed in a new position.
Back in 1933, Drucker was working as a securities analyst in a large insurance company and then, a year later, joined a fast-growing private bank as the firm's economist and executive secretary to three senior partners.
Initially, he worked exclusively with two of the younger partners, both in their mid-30s. Then, the oldest of the partners (a man in his 70s) called him into his...
