11.   A company cannot survive long without a strong management team, but the demand for experienced managers exceeds supply in most parts of the world.

12.   Both companies recently decided to go outside their firms to hire experienced managers.

13.   But the culture of apathy and failure that has greeted the company in Chester has shaken even experienced managers who have worked in dysfunctional districts elsewhere.

14.   But the task of building a new company was deemed a job for a more experienced manager.

15.   But there has been little effort to retain experienced managers.

16.   Fiercer competition to recruit experienced managers has meant that searches for executives take longer, on average four months now, instead of three in recent years.

17.   Experienced hiring managers know the dangers of letting down their guard.

18.   Experienced managers lined up to work for the start-up.

19.   Experienced managers say the best way to draw the line is to combine a clearly stated policy that anticipates mistakes with a program that conspicuously rewards workers who succeed.

20.   In New York, Washington and Los Angeles, placement agencies that specialize in servants for the rich say that the demand for experienced household managers exceeds the supply.