Martin Luther King - A Great CEO

As I sit here drinking my green tea discussing with one of my top advisers the benefits derived by taking the day off to celebrate Martin Luther King's memory I find compulsion to pause and clarify. Mr. King should be celebrated for possessing all of the great qualities found in the best CEOs. Great CEOs see the larger picture that encompasses growing his own self interest and the self interests of those he represents. However, what must be pointed out is that great CEOs innately go further by understanding that they have to look beyond the boundaries of there own industry, social strata, personal well being and that of their immediate families. What is important is that we comprehend what Mr. King did up to the point of his untimely career ending moment. Mr. King understood the need to stay true to his beliefs and dreams no matter the consequence. Perhaps he too understood the consequences that would come from his death. It is unfortunate that Mr. King was not afforded the non-violence behavior he so earnestly preached, lived and died for. It is even more unfortunate that we now have to be bombarded on his day with other CEO wannabes speeches of insincerity and unabashed self perpetuation of non-benevolence. Why can't we show respect to the memory of a great and fallen CEO.

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