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Not for whizz-kids
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THE NATIONAL BUS CO is clearly no place for whizz-kids. Robert Brook, deputy chairman and chief executive, believes that one cannot put an old head on young shoulders. In the Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture to the Chartered Institute of Transport he declared: -To arrive in a senior position without any experience is a serious handicap to the professional as well as to the business . .."
His comment reminded me of the classic case of a company that required an industrial rela tions manager under 30 wlwas to negotiate with wily trac union leaders twice his age ar with ten times his experienc The reason for the age limit Inn that the rest of the staff we young, as were many of tt customers.
An expert in the subje finally persuaded the compar that it was courting disaster, : it raised the age limit to 35. appointment was made accc dingly but even this greybea could not avert a prolong( strike.