Foreword
When Bert Liang created this phenomenal handbook for the technical professional, it was a great service for every engineer and every scientist aspiring to a leadership position in a science-based company. But it’s equally important for their companies – for every technical company – because it impacts one of the greatest challenges we all face: developing leaders who not only excel in their own specialties, but also have a broad understanding of their total business and the range of issues critical to its success.
Technical professionals, who are really good at what they do, tend to rise in their organizations within the structure of their specialties. A molecular biologist, for example, might become the head of molecular biology, might ...
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