5: what time do you get up in the morning and
8: how do you start your day? normally
10: between 6:30 and 7:00 o'clock in the
12: morning and then I first have a cup of coffee.
15: how many pairs of Adidas do you own?
18: I don't know exactly to be honest
21: but I think it's close to hundred.
24: What's your favorite pair? Stan Smiths and
27: I have tons of them.
31: Americans pronounce the brand name 'Adidas', how do
33: you feel about that? I don't mind as long
36: as they buy our shoes. what did you want to
38: be when you grew up? A professional
40: football player.
41: what's your secret vice? I think you
44: have to ask my wife. yoga or boxing?
48: boxing. your favorite non-sports related
52: activity is ? playing cards. the biggest
56: disruption in your workday is ?
59: when somebody tells me *****. would you rather go
62: hiking with Kanye West or sing karaoke
64: with Lionel Messi? hiking with Kanye West
67: because I'm a bad singer.
68: what's one quality you look for in a new hire?
70: hire that somebody has entrepreneurial spirit.
74: as a manager do you use sports
77: metaphors or do you try to avoid them?
81: I'm extremely passionate about sport and
83: therefore it's great in my language as well.
85: who has been the greatest influence
88: on you, and why? I think this is my wife because
92: she is giving me an opinion which is not
97: influenced by any biased things. she
101: really tells me what she thinks. your
103: successor is set to start at the end of
105: September after 15 years on the job
108: what's the one thing you've learned
110: never to do as a CEO? to mislead your people.
113: and what is the one thing you've
115: learned always to do? listen to the
118: people. my name is Herbert Hainer and I am
122: happy to be the CEO of Adidas.
The CEO of Adidas gives us some useful management advice. This video is part of a great series of interviews by the Wall Street Journal, one of the world's leading financial newspapers. The CEO has a German accent.
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