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According to Allison, how is a private business executive usually judged?

By profitability, the bottom line.

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  1. By how many laws they pass
  2. By votes in an election
  3. By profitability ✔

Why: In business, profit is the widely accepted yardstick for judging leaders. Allison points out that a president or agency head has no single, clear measure like that.

Huh, didn't know that: Allison notes the public often judges a president by what seems to be happening in their own lives.

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Why did the lemonade stand owner smile at the end of the day? The bottom line was sweet.
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Answer: By profitability. In business, profit is the widely accepted yardstick for judging leaders. Allison points out that a president or agency head has no single, clear measure like that.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 4: Strategic Perspectives, reading 13.5 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Volume_4_Web_4028F891F0A14.pdf
    The private executive expects to be judged, and in turn to judge subordinates, by profitability
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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