William Soule

"Kaiser baldly proclaimed his managerial philosophy: “You find your key men by piling work on them. They say, ‘I can’t do any more,’ and you say, ‘Sure you can.’ So you pile it on and they’re doing more and more. Pretty soon you have men you can rely on absolutely. You have an organization that can really get things done.” Ambitious executives adopted the boss’s work habits. William Soule, who joined Kaiser in 1941, recalled that it was “a challenge I could not refuse. I was drawn to it as a moth to a lighted candle.” After an exciting but exhausting three-decade career, Soule reflected on those years: “Fortunately, when I was lucky enough to come into that cone of light I was not consumed by the flame. Singed, perhaps, but not consumed.”"

"Kaiser baldly proclaimed his managerial philosophy: “You find your key men by piling work on them. They say, ‘I can’t do any more,’ and you say, ‘Sure you can.’ So you pile it on and they’re doing more and more. Pretty soon you have men you can rely on absolutely. You have an organization that can really get things done.” Ambitious executives adopted the boss’s work habits. William Soule, who joined Kaiser in 1941, recalled that it was “a challenge I could not refuse. I was drawn to it as a moth to a lighted candle.” After an exciting but exhausting three-decade career, Soule reflected on those years: “Fortunately, when I was lucky enough to come into that cone of light I was not consumed by the flame. Singed, perhaps, but not consumed.”"