The Journey of the Accidental Leader

The First Day

On Sammy’s first day on the job, he got lost. He had written down the wrong address and ended up on East 76^th Street instead of East 67^th Street.Consequently, when he went to hit the elevator button for the 20^th floor and saw that the building’s floors stopped at 15, he checked the return address on the letter his father had sent him, realized his error, hopped into a cab, and headed for 67^th

That day his father’s longtime executive assistant, Mary Martell, showed him around the office. Mary was a slight woman with short brown hair and blonde highlights, maybe 45 or 50 years old, and walked with a self-assured gait. The tour lasted about a half hour and covered both the 20^th and 21^st floors of the building. A few people bustled ...