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...Called a "commander in the field" by executives, he storms about LG's factories and offices poring over details, issuing commands and spurring on the staff by giving them what he terms "stretch goals," or aggressive targets. Awake at 5:30 each morning for a brisk walk, he openly prefers "morning people" and holds 7 a.m. breakfast meetings with top executives. "I don't like the expression 'nice,'" Kim says. "I don't want LG to be perceived as nice. None of the great companies in the world are nice." Kim's relentless nature has put some executives...
...Mart made the risky move into selling groceries when it went through a period of sagging sales in the mid-1990s and built a wildly successful new business. Instead, Nardelli is stretching the company's existing businesses. He is expanding its services to capture retiring baby boomers who prefer "do it for me" to "do it yourself," and the company will soon start selling in China, having had success with its outposts in Mexico and Canada...
...Called a "commander in the field" by executives, he storms about LG's factories and offices poring over details, issuing commands and spurring on the staff by giving them what he terms "stretch goals," or aggressive targets. Awake at 5:30 each morning for a brisk walk, he openly prefers "morning people" and holds 7 a.m. breakfast meetings with top executives. "I don't like the expression 'nice,'" Kim says. "I don't want LG to be perceived as nice. None of the great companies in the world are nice." Kim's relentless nature has put some executives...
...from those in the household agency who see that as her only real function, seem to have pushed the princess to the breaking point. After suffering a bout of stress-induced shingles this winter, Masako has lived in virtual seclusion. It's widely assumed that Naruhito and Masako would prefer to live like many modern European monarchs: basically as regular citizens but with nicer houses, cool crowns and invitations to all the best parties. And opinion polls indicate that most Japanese would approve of changing the laws to allow Masako's two-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko, to become Empress...
...points fewer than undrafted Crimson catcher Schuyler Mann—and struggled last season in the Cape Cod League. But he is 6’4, a height that Walsh said “you can’t teach,” and scouts tend to prefer tall catchers...