WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS

As C. E. Knoeppel said recently : ‘‘ If my
twenty-five years in industry have taught me
anything at all, they have proved to me that
we are only beginning to tap the potential
thinking-power of our workers in shops and
factories and offices.”

““ We want new blood in industry,” says
Lord Barnby. ‘‘ Young men,” he says, ‘‘ are
too seldom given the position of reaching
executive control until their best and most
effective years are over.
““ It is largely this absence of young men,
with their spirit of adventure, and readiness to
take risks and freedom from prejudice, that
must account for the lack of imagination and
initiative that has characterized our trade since
the War.”

Lord Barnby is a practical man of large
affairs. He has been President of the Federation
of British Industries. He speaks with authority,
and he says that we need to discover and train
our young men for the highest jobs.

When he says that we do not appreciate our
young men, he is quite right. The average age
of our directors is nearer sixty than forty. At
the head of many a big firm is an old man,
with his face to the past, walking in the wrong
direction.
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