"I believe the main role of managers is to leverage innovation and efficiency to secure permanent growth of profit and cash flow, which facilitates growth, new investments and new jobs," he said.

He said managers needed to strive to make their companies "among the best in Europe and the world in terms of growth and profit rates."

Zalaznik made it the goal of his second term to make the Manager Association an integrating platform that will help companies and the economy in general grow, the association said.