business Executive officer (CEo of a big company was growing old and knew was time to choose to take business from him. of of his Directors or his he choosing one decided to do something for a meeting with all the young in his company He sa s time for me to step down and choose the next CEo. I have decided to choose one of you.' The young executives were shocked, but the boss am going to give of you a seed today-one very continued you to plant the seed, secd, water it, and come back here one year from today you have grown from with what the seed have given you. I w then judge the plants that you bring, and the owner of the one l choose will be the next CEO One man, named Jim, there that day and he, like the others, a seed He home and excitedly told his wife the him get a and compost and he planted the seed Every day, he would water it and watch to if it had grown. After three some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning grow. Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing eve grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a Six months went by still nothing in Jim's pot. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. A year went by and all the young of the company brought their plants to the CEo for inspection When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful n all shapes and sizes put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed. A few felt sorry for him! when the CEo arrived, he looked around the room and greeted his young executives My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO! The CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. When Jim got the front, CEO asked him what had happened to his seed-Jim told him the story. The CEO looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!" How could he be the new CEO?" the others said. Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead it was not possible for them to you found your except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When that the seed would not grow, you changed the seed I gave you wit another seed. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!