He gives promising people positions of responsibility, sets goals and expects people to meet them.
Ms. Walker is the sort of person who sets goals, and takes them seriously.
The government sets goals in a yearly letter of intent, and then the responsibility for the work is entirely ours".
The three-pronged plan sets goals for more coordinated biomedical research, earlier screening and diagnosis, and effective therapy.
It sets goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2008 but includes few details on how to achieve them.
Like Mr Lee, he sets goals with dates attached, decides how they are to be implemented and monitors progress.
For Susan Fernald, a retired teacher, this oft-repeated family story illustrates how "Jill sets goals for herself".
And when Mr Merckle sets goals for his companies, he does not like to be kept waiting.
"Just like other organisations, SBS sets goals with its employees which are specific to their role and area, but consistent with the overall business objectives.
"Everyone sets goals and I've probably got five left I still want to achieve," the 28-year-old Wales captain says.
He said the treatise "sets goals and a process for actually doing something about the book industry's social and environmental impacts".
