ROBIN BURNS:Take This Job and Love It

An inspired leader and a tough negotiator, ROBIN BURNS may be that elusive figure, the new woman executive

The competition is tough, but the Red Team has the edge in both cunning and sheer gall. It kidnaps a member of the Orange Team and delivers her, bound and gagged, aboard a clanging fire truck to the opposition. What a bold move! What a great promo! The playing fields of Lauder University have not witnessed its like.

The Reds' triumph will gain them major points for strategy as well as showmanship. For their sunny blond captive is Robin Burns, 37, president and CEO of the Estee Lauder USA cosmetics company and -- at an estimated salary of $1.5 million a...

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