CEO: Nice Finishes First

Filed in archive Entrepreneurship on May 21, 2007

This is an interesting interview from the Chicago Tribune.

They interviewed David Campbell is chairman and chief executive of Acco Brands Corp. One of the largest suppliers of branded office-supply products, with annual sales of almost $2 billion.

Bennett Pump, a subsidiary of Molson's, was a great environment to learn to be a "real person," someone with no airs, who could get the job done, and had genuine interest in people. You had to be a real person there or you couldn't survive. Via Learning to be a 'real person' aided CEO's rise

I think his story illustrates that a nice guy can finish first. What do you think?