Setting direction for others has always been the job, and the difficulty of that can vary. If we measure a CEO’s job difficulty based on how many years a typic

Setting direction for others has always been the job, and the difficulty of that can vary. If we measure a CEO’s job difficulty based on how many years a typical company in their industry can safely operate while stagnating, then the job has become many times more difficult in the last 40 years in some industries. In others, perhaps only twice as difficult. That is not to say that salaries should stay high, but we would look for reduction to come from systemic productivity gains in management that have come to other white collar professions: software, more efficient management hierarchies, cultural changes in communication, etc.