The core competencies and achievements are not all
about getting years of work experience, promotions etc..
I thought
about getting these this year but we already have our set!
Not exact matches
Throughout the
year, commercials that appear on TV
get inputted into iSpot's tracking system within
about 30 minutes.
At the University of Southern California this
year, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairwoman on several boards, not only spurred students to find someone to be passionate
about — but also to expand their bandwidth of diversity by
getting to know people with whom they have seemingly nothing in common.
King says to expect «strong statements
about basketball» this
year, likely in the form of
getting «innovative product» on players» feet.
He added that, in Singapore, some indicators of Chinese New
Year spending that give him signals for the health of the economy are the demand for gift baskets and hampers and the queues for bakkwa — a sweet barbecued pork jerky in Singapore which sells for
about $ 38 (S$ 50) per kilogram, and
gets more expensive the closer it
gets to the actual holiday.
There are various theories
about why the
years pass as you
get older.
Having observed and written
about many of these problems for
years, I knew I had to
get in on the action.
A
year ago, the term «unicorn» seemed to
get bandied
about as if $ 1 billion was the starting point for valuations and not a benchmark of achievement.
At this
year's SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin entrepreneur Lyn Graft gives tips on how to
get investors and customers excited
about your new business.
The federal government is talking
about getting 20 -
year production guarantees before signing off on the Airbus deal.
It's
getting to that time when we begin to think
about lists of things we should be doing in the New
Year.
He had thought that launching in the holiday shopping spree might be a boon for his campaign, but «the obvious hindsight observation is that one of the coldest months of the
year is not the time to trying to
get people excited
about coolers,» said Grepper.
At Google, though, employees
get two opportunities a
year to fill out what Bock calls an «upward feedback survey»
about their managers.
As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in tech who's a)
got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a
year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later
about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.
«It's taken us three
years to
get to a place we feel good
about,» Lowden said
about the development process.
Jim Lebenthal is
getting worried
about holding the heavily scrutinized defense company into
year end.
Kohl's, for one
gets about $ 800 million in sales a
year from Nike.
In an interview late last
year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after
years of running Purolator — said one of the best things
about his new job is that he now
gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.
Amazon Go's opening was delayed for
about a
year as Amazon struggled to
get the technology just right.
After realizing a successful exit selling Destia Communications, Levy took a few
years off to
get reacquainted with his family and
get his financial plan together, and gradually began
about what he wanted to do next.
And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20
years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed
about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually
get things right in the long run.
Ingram: Henry, I wanted to
get your thoughts
about the journey you've been on for the past eight
years, why you decided to sell now, why to Axel Springer, what your plans are for the future, that kind of thing.
We spent
about two
years working with a distillery to
get it exactly right.
He noticed other men in Crossfit wearing Lululemon after he
got involved in the sport
about three
years ago.
• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six
years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks
about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't
getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»
We had to take what I've learned from turning around companies and growing them, and what the people here know
about getting 100 million meals into Canadians» bellies every
year, and mesh those skill sets.
Most people want to
get some sense of outlook into the latter part of this
year and into whether 2019 is OK; there has been a lot of concern
about end - of - cycle issues.
Since last
year, Peninsula Shops has signed up
about 80 businesses, many of which, facing competition from big - box retailers and feeling the effects of the recession, desperately needed a new tactic to
get customers in the door.
It's actually quite a relief to hear from someone with
years of experience who has built a substantial, multi-decade career in a major industry at a global corporation (BP / Amoco) instead of a wet - behind - the - ears «expert» who's had
about 15 minutes of startup success and no clue
about how he or she
got there, or what to do next.
United Airlines» plan to grow aggressively over the next several
years was aimed at
getting investors even more jazzed
about its stock, which was already rallying more than its peers» this
year.
Every few
years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply
about the small - business community — and that concern
gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.
«When we launched our science initiative last
year, I spoke
about how we need to change that our government spends 50x more treating people who are sick than finding cures so people don't
get sick in the first place,» he wrote.
«Amazon's been signaling for
about one or two
years that they're going to make big bets, because they can, because they've
got the cash flow to do it, so that makes this less of a surprise,» said Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital.
For
years economists — not to mention everyday Americans hanging out on bar stools or on Twitter — have argued
about why even mediocre CEOs
get paid such ridiculous sums of money.
After this, I
got to work on one of my many online entrepreneurial business ideas that I've been thinking
about for
years but never taken action on.
The slice of patients above the age of 60 consumes
about 85 % of the drugs and devices and diagnostics out there,» says Justin Stephenson, senior life sciences analyst at Vancouver - based independent investment dealer Haywood Securities Inc. «That is only going to
get significantly bigger in the western world, which is the main market for Canadian health - care products in the next five to 10
years.
Yeah, he carries a cell phone (just his second in six
years), but that's
about as wired as he
gets.
My challenge was that I
got bored
about every three
years and wanted to move on to something different.
Author Kelly Shue, of the University of Chicago, says boards» apparent mistake is a common one, highlighted by
years of research in the field of behavioral economics, and much like the way workers
get confused
about the effect of inflation on the real value of their paychecks.
The interest rate on 10 -
year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 —
about half as much as the federal government had to offer to
get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.
«People would much rather hear from someone who inspires them, someone who
gets really excited
about the subject of a speech,» says Travis Allen, the 21 -
year - old president and CEO of the iSchool Initiative, an education - focused nonprofit based in Kennesaw, Ga..
Advice abounds this time of
year, and Katie Morrell recently offered tips on the Open Forum blog, including pre-planning activities and structure for your intern to prevent you running around the office trying to find things for your intern to do once they arrive, as well as regular check - ins to ask
about their experience and swap tasks they hate for to - dos they'll
get more out of.
When you think
about conventional management thinking and practices in a dog - eat - dog, transactional business world, not enough leaders spend the time to do what Watson had to learn over his many
years at Chevron:
Getting results through the people and relationship side of the business.
If Valeant hits $ 150 a share, Papa
gets to keep 100 % of the allotted performance - based stock awards, making his total pay balloon to
about $ 300 million, or a whopping $ 75 million per
year.
«Several
years ago I realized that when I
got up in the morning, I would immediately start
getting anxious
about the myriad of things that awaited me that day.
He was
about six
years older than me, so I always watched him and it
got me interested.
«Here is a company that has the best movies
about how we've
got to help one another and how racism is wrong and how we've
got to take care of our toys,» said Glynndana Shevlin, a 58 -
year - old who's worked for almost 30
years at Disney.
Me and my SO eventually broke up but I didn't tell him
about the affair until after we
got back together and dated for two more
years.
A motivational, insightful speaker has the power to boost company morale and
get employees excited
about the company in the new
year.