Sentences with phrase «american leader of a business»

In the case of the Bronzeville neighborhood — an area that was instrumental in the history of African Americans migrating from the south to the north — schools were named after famous African American luminaries such as Daniel Hale Williams, a doctor who opened the first nonsegregated hospital in America, and Anthony Overton, the first African American leader of a business conglomerate.

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The CEO of Insight Enterprises has a warning for American business leaders.

Fisher, 38 years old at the time, was regarded as a wunderkind who had quickly risen through the ranks at Target's American command post in Minneapolis, from a lowly business analyst to leader of a team of 400 people across multiple divisions.

We bring the top thought leaders in American startups together to evaluate the ideas of entrepreneurs who are pitching their businesses.

«Skibo's membership is 40 % American, many of whom are business leaders, CEOs, and oil tycoons largely from Texas, Boston, and New York,» the Club told Business business leaders, CEOs, and oil tycoons largely from Texas, Boston, and New York,» the Club told Business Business Insider.

While it's rare to see CEOs here take a public stand (witness the silence of Toronto's business leaders when the Rob Ford scandals unfolded), a growing number of American executives are stepping into the public spotlight, taking stands on issues like religious freedom, gay marriage and gun control.

Merck (mrk) CEO Ken Frazier resigned this morning from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, a group of business leaders tapped to advise the president on «how best to promote job growth and get Americans back to work again.»

The contributions of foreign - born business leaders to the American economy are difficult to miss.

«We are honored once again to gather leaders of business and industry, innovators from across the globe, and political representatives from both sides of the aisle to discuss the future of American leadership,» conference executive director Matt Waldrip said.

Donald Trump said he's disbanding two advisory groups of American business leaders, after CEOs quit this week as the president faced blowback for failing to sufficiently condemn white supremacists.

In June 2006, the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), consisting of business leaders from each of the three NAFTA countries, was formed «to advise governments.»

Condemnations from business leaders, representing all corners of American industry, were striking for the ways they personally critiqued Trump for failing to attempt to unify the country in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend.

Recently, CMIT Solutions of Round Rock President Jeff Floyd appeared in the Round Rock Leader, a subsidiary of the widely read Austin American - Statesman, to offer some advice on cybersecurity to fellow business owners.

Many American industry leaders support Mr. Lighthizer's efforts to expand access to Chinese sectors that are restricted to American companies and protect American intellectual property from theft and coercion — longstanding complaints of American business leaders about China's tactics.

Some business leaders fear that the Trump administration may simply accept Chinese offers to lower the trade surplus by buying more American goods and open up segments of the economy that are already mature, like financial services, electronic payments or the auto sector.

It's vital for Americans, businesses, and members of Congress to learn about blockchain technology so the U.S. can continue to secure its stance as the global leader of ingenuity.»

He has been honored by Accenture as one of the «Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World»; by Harvard Business Press as one of the «Top 200 Business Gurus»; and by American Express as one of the «Top Six Business Leaders in the World» to coach its entrepreneurial clients.

The mission of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy is to unify policymakers, regulators, business leaders, and the American public behind a common sense energy strategy to help keep America secure, prosperous, and clean.

His other professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association - 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most - respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India)-- top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK)-- most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America's top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Leader of the Future Award.

Business leaders of companies like Amer - con are fighting an uphill battle against foreign companies and it's costing Americans jobs and billions of dollars.

As one industry leader said, «The standard business model of the American juice bar just doesn't work anymore.»

«America's strengths include [the fact it is a] society that attracts talent from around the world and assimilates them comfortably as Americans; and a language that is the equivalent of an open system that is clearly the lingua franca of the leaders in science, technology, invention, business, education, diplomacy and those who rise to the top of their own societies around the world.»

-LRB-...) Mr. Frazier, who is African - American, and Mr. Krzanich and Mr. Plank, who are white, were three of the 28 business and union leaders the president named to the advisory council aimed at helping him boost U.S. manufacturing jobs.

«President Trump plans to continually seek information and perspectives from a diverse range of business leaders,» the White House release said, «on how best to promote job growth and get Americans back to work again.»

«I»VE by no means conventional it to be an embarrassment for a company leader to be associated with an American president,» pronounces Max Bazerman of Harvard business college.

excerpt: «My Indo - American friend made a few other observations about the coverage that we're seeing, which is that he's not actually being treated poorly over there, and it's more that certain politicians and business leaders don't want to be associated with members of the Indian Cabinet, which is controversial in large swaths of Indian society.

He is a member of the Economics Advisory Council of the Duquesne University Palumbo Donahue School of Business, is an advisory board member and center associate of the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center, and was a 2014 American Council on Germany Young Leader.

But it's hard to think of another leader in American business who comes closer to being a model of ethical behavior or who so clearly and consistently stakes out the high ground.

There is a long tradition in American history of business leaders as statesmen and moral leaders.

Originally established in 1987 by the American Marketing Association, but an independent organization since 2008, the Edison Awards ™ have recognized and honored some of the most innovative products and business leaders in the world and is among the most prestigious accolades honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design and innovation.

I believe it happened because in the course of the 1990s, many American business leaders got confused and their moral compasses stopped working.

Polling shows that Americans trust members of the medical sciences to act in the public interest more than they trust religious leaders, elected officials, or business leaders.

Knowledge about individual community leaders, the history and development of a town, the way decisions are made in its institutions and social groups, the deals being made in the world of politics and business, the norms and values in the arts and sciences, the presuppositions and operational concepts of the professions — this is grist for the mill of a core group which has the responsibility of planning strategy for the mission of a particular church in an American community.

June 6 - 7 Chicago: American Packaging Summit 2018, brings together leaders from across all industry sectors: food and beverage, CPG, cosmetics, pharma, retail, toys and more — involved in the business of packaging, discussing current trends, strategic insights and best practices in packaging innovation, design, materials and branding at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, organized by Toronto - based company the Generis Group.

In our continued spirit of American entrepreneurialism, we have launched Towne Park Systems to enable us to serve more markets throughout the US, empower more leaders, start more businesses, create more jobs, and better serve more local communities.

Co-founded and jointly led by Stanford University and The Culinary Institute of America, the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative is a working group of leading scholars, foodservice business leaders, and executive chefs from invited colleges and universities who are accelerating efforts to move Americans toward healthier, more sustainable, plant - forward diets.

Thomas's conclusion is that Kennedy was murdered because U.S. government officials and leaders of American business feared he would withdraw troops from Vietnam and thus threaten lucrative opportunities in Southeast Asia.

His father was a business and civic leader who was the first African American to become a director of a college football bowl game (1982 Fiesta Bowl).

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

Asian, African - American and Hispanic business and religious leaders demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Manhattan office to pressure the Democrat to diversify the leadership of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Jacob Javits Center board of directors and other state entities under the control of the executive branch.

Koo, the Chinese - born founder of a chain of Flushing drugstores and head of the Chinese Business Association, was busy building his own coalition in Flushing Monday, accepting the support of Korean Americans for Peter Koo, a group of leaders that represents one of the largest populations in the neighborhood.

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders.

Adams, a former NYPD captain, will have a private meeting with Asian and black business leaders Tuesday before holding a press conference with ex-city Comptroller John Liu and Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Roy Hastick at his Borough Hall office.

On Sunday, April 26, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer toured Starling Avenue, the heart of the Bangladeshi community in the Bronx, with Assemblymember Luis Sepulveda, Maf Uddin, Founder and President of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor, and a large crowd of business and community leaders.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

State Senator, and 13th Congressional District candidate, Adriano Espaillat was endorsed by a group of Mexican - American business and civic leaders in East Harlem today.

Alan taught the first - ever college course on digital politics (1995), created and built the Center for American Progress's social media program (2007 - 13) and has trained more than 15,000 people across the world in digital & social media strategy, including civil society leaders across the Arab world in 2009; key staff at leading advocacy groups and news media outlets; Members of Congress and their staff; as well as political and business leaders from several countries, including a couple future kings.

The event — titled «Unleashing Africa's Entrepreneurs: Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to Empower the Next Generation of Africa's Business Leaders» — brought together American business leaders and Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss challenges, solutions and innovations in the current African business enviBusiness Leaders» — brought together American business leaders and Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss challenges, solutions and innovations in the current African business envirLeaders» — brought together American business leaders and Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss challenges, solutions and innovations in the current African business envibusiness leaders and Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss challenges, solutions and innovations in the current African business envirleaders and Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss challenges, solutions and innovations in the current African business envibusiness environment.

A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders thanks to the Trump administration, and it is beginning to translate into the sort of investment in new plants, equipment and factory upgrades that bolsters economic growth, spurs job creation — and may finally raise wages significantly.

Amid a round of meetings with business leaders, labor union representatives and members of Congress, the president signed a memorandum withdrawing America from the TPP, creating an American policy vacuum in a fast - growing region that includes China and longtime U.S. allies.