Word: citrine
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Despite the humble showing, Uglydolls were a hit. Adrienne Citrin, spokeswoman for the Toy Industry Association, which this year awarded Uglydolls Specialty Toy of the Year, says Horvath and Kim were the first to marry indie pop culture and plush. Nakamura agrees. "Uglydolls are self-deprecating, and it's an eternal question whether they're really ugly or not. They're made and designed well. They're soft and puzzling since you can't always figure out what their moods are from their facial expressions. They also don't fade," he says. Early on, Uglydolls appealed mostly to adults...
...things matter as much to a leader's success as the impression that he or she makes in the first 100 days on the job. So say Thomas Neff and James Citrin, top brass at executive search firm Spencer Stuart, in You're in Charge--Now What?, which presents a detailed "8-point plan" to help aspiring CEOs navigate that crucial phase. Neff and Citrin interviewed dozens of executives while conducting their research, and they illustrate each point of their plan--from shaping a management team to crafting a strategic agenda to engineering corporate culture--with real-life examples...
...admitting he's not up to the task of turning Yahoo around is that it suggests the job needs someone with even more business acumen. Short of cloning Bill Gates or unearthing the DNA of Henry Ford, that's going to be one tough search. So envy not Jim Citrin, managing director of executive-search firm Spencer Stuart, whose job it is to seek a replacement. "We're looking for a great leader, a motivator," Citrin says. "Less someone with a particular industry background, and more of an athlete...