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Kaiser's Management Style
From the day he hired his first employee in 1914, until his death in 1967, Kaiser's managerial style changed very little. He was amazingly adept at selling himself to strangers and specialized in convincing decision-makers that he could perform difficult jobs ahead of extremely short deadlines. And as I continued, he ran, Kaiser steel becomes this massive company. Started off with just one little steel mill, steel factory, and winds up being a giant company in the last 25 years of his life. Think about hundreds of thousands of employees, over a hundred businesses, like, come on.