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...alpha beta?) men in the office but warn of the dangerous excesses attached to the personality type: "The other half consists of a package of not-so-positive symptoms that leads to everything from minor business problems to full-fledged organizational catastrophes and personal disasters." The last years of Disney CEO Michael Eisner's reign is cited as a perfect example of a misguided alpha tenure disintegrating into "paranoia, backbiting and civil war." The authors have great faith, though, in alpha consciousness raising: "Alpha males who face up to their risks often learn with experience how to rise above them...
...signed its first doubles-only sponsor, Stanford Financial Group, and the players have dropped their suit. Through frank talks and fulfilled promises of more doubles promotion and center-court matches--made possible by shortening the format and attracting more top singles players to doubles--the former Walt Disney exec has turned some of his harshest critics into his biggest fans...
...Disney has already begun promoting healthy alternatives to French fries and soda in its theme park children's meals, and plans to eliminate added trans fat from park meals by the end of 2007 and from food marketed with Disney cartoon characters by the end of 2008. Changes will be adopted internationally over several years...
...virtue of the millions of meals consumed on Disney property and the persuasive power of the beloved mouse and other animated friends on children, Dietz ranks Disney's new policy as one of three changes in 2006 with potential to significantly impact what kids eat, the other two being nutritional guidelines for snack food and beverages sold in schools negotiated between food manufacturers and the Bill Clinton-backed Alliance for a Healthier Generation...
...Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), says the new Disney policy as well as nutritional standards established at companies like Kraft Foods increases the pressure on their competitors. "Companies are concerned about being blamed for the rising obesity rate in children and concerned about bad P.R. and they're concerned about litigation and about the government coming in to regulate them if they don't regulate themselves," Wootan said...