‘A wittily subversive collection of articles on the business world by a former corporate in-fighter now safely residing in the South of France. You’re bound to recognize acquaintances in his benevolent de-bunking of managerial pretension. Required reading.’ – The Good Book Guide
‘I know a number of people who read Chief Executive back to front because they find special pleasure in Roger Collis’s vignettes of life in a large multinational.
Collis, one-time head of Miles Laboratories’ European operation, is a rare bird whichever way you look at him. A management writer who actually knows what it’s like to manage something, or a manager who actually knows how to write.
You don’t have to be a big-company executive to feel the authenticity of the bitter-sweet recollections of a man currently enjoying a quite different lifestyle on the Cote d’Azur.
His followers will be interested to learn that Autolycus Press has published a selection of his pieces in a slim volume entitled “If my boss calls… make sure you get his name.”
Complete with the Sax cartoons originally commissioned by Chief Executive, it has a typical Collis dedication: “For my former colleagues still in harness… my friends and my enemies.”
The price, £4.95, is low enough to make the Welshman’s lip curl. It would be a useful Christmas gift for the customer you don’t wish to spend too much on – or the colleagues who might be discomforted to find a little of themselves in Collis’s anti-heroes.’ – Chief Executive 1984
Autolycus Press 1984
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