Sentences with phrase «acting leader in»

Yesterday I wrote to Harriet Harman to urge her to use her position as Acting Leader in association with the party's national officers to secure a reduction of the qualifying threshold for candidates to be allowed onto the ballot paper.

In his speech to the hacks, Burnham put Labour's acting leader in the same bracket as George Osborne on welfare.

UKIP could have spent the summer with an acting leader in the form of deputy chairman Suzanne Evans but the risk of losing three months of media coverage was far too high.

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Leaders empower others to act in ways that benefit not just themselves, but their neighbors.

«Ben Nelson is under the illusion he can get reelected in 2012,» McConnell told Henrikson, adding that Nelson would have to act like a Republican in order to win — and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.)

The lesson for other business leaders is pretty clear: there's huge value in not just saying you support work - life balance and flexibility in your employee manual or company values, but in actually acting like that's true.

The act of simplification is great for leaders because it encourages new ways of looking at old problems, and sets a standard of continuous improvement that can (and will) become infectious in your business or organization.

It is her responsibility, not as a daughter, but as a business leader, to always act in the interest of all the constituencies that make a company great.

As for the acting nominees, Avello tells the newspaper that Larson and DiCaprio are the runaway leaders, along with Stallone and Vikander, though there could be «possible upsets» in the supporting acting fields from Bridge of Spies «Mark Rylance and Steve Jobs «Kate Winslet.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

One person driving less, eating less factory - farmed meat, flying less, polluting less, using less air conditioning — you know things you could do — may affect little on a global CO2 scale, but maybe today, if everyone who reads this article who cares about Thoreau's legacy, who believes in self - determination, who calls him - or herself a leader, or just wants to be one, acts by his or her values...

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

Mackey believes the next generation of millenials will set the tone for how the world views business and capitalism, and he hopes the book will move future leaders to act in a new way.

Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The once - cosy relationship between the state and federal political leaders requires a delicate balancing act in the wake of a new Labor government.

This classic disturbing thriller, which highlights a group of circus sideshow acts who take vengeance on their leader when a beautiful trapeze artist does him wrong, was banned in the UK for 30 years and wasn't available in the country until a home - video version was approved in the early 1990s.

Christensen shows that when leaders act in their company's best short - term financial interests — when they do exactly what they're supposed to do — they tend to reject innovation and succumb to disruptive competitors.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - CA), flanked by House Democrats, speaks about the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.

While Cook is publicly quieter and calmer and reports have said that he acts similarly in - house, never before has an Apple executive been as candid about their leaders» differences than Cue.

But, in today's globally connected world, decisions do not disappear quickly, so company leaders need to act responsibility.

The difference between great leaders and the pack is that they have the courage to face their fear and act in spite of it.

Standing in stark contrast to how most expect a leader to look and act, Gen. McChrystal's mentor shows that real leaders should be defined not by outward appearances, but by actual performance.

Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi lead their Democratic colleagues in a call to Republicans to demand that they protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and pass the Dream Act.

The ratings on ACT reflect Standard & Poor's view of the company's position as a leader in the fragmented and competitive convenience store (c - store) industry in North America, as well as in the more concentrated Scandinavian market; its solid profitability and cash flow; and its intermediate financial risk profile.

Thanks to the work of Democratic Leader Harry Reid and others, the Travel Promotion Act was added to another must - pass bill and was signed into law in March of 2010.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Republican leaders have significant differences on what the party's policy agenda will entail for 2018 after securing a major legislative victory in overhauling the federal tax code with a law that included a blow to the Affordable Care Act.

Ultimately, the company will reflect the values and actions of the leaders, so act the way you want everyone in the company to act.

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included.

The top Republican in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said he was open to suggestions from experts on how to prevent terrorism suspects from acquiring firearms and called the Orlando shooting a «calculated act of terror.»

Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

Senate Democrats have been frustrated by a lack of movement by Cornyn and other Republican leaders, and say GOP leadership in the House and Senate is the reason Congress has not been able to act to prevent another mass shooting like Parkland.

This lack of transparency could actually also be grounds for yet more legal action against Trump, in fact, since it looks very likely that it's a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to not hold these advisory meetings from business leaders open to the public, though the administration denies any of its actions have contravened this order.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

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Entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country and representing every major sector of the economy released an open letter calling on Congress to immediately pass the bipartisan Dream Act or legislation that provides Dreamers raised in our country the permanent solution they deserve.

We will also continue to serve as thought leaders in the space in order to ensure, to the best of our ability, that the JOBS Act is implemented in the best matter for both entrepreneurs and investors.

On Tuesday, moments after finding out about the layoffs and leadership upheaval at the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, I asked Tony Hsieh by phone why he stepped down as leader of the utopian startup city he had founded, and why he had continued act as head of the ambitious experiment in the desert despite having already handed over the reins to his lawyer and a team of executives.

Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts and more importantly still, in those that may well follow.»

Located in the heart of the MaRS Centre, the suite acts as a bridge between corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.

The Business Council of Canada is an association of business leaders committed to acting in the national interest.

In 2012, Liberal leader Raj Sherman introduced the Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, which would have made it illegal for adults to smoke tobacco in vehicles with childreIn 2012, Liberal leader Raj Sherman introduced the Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, which would have made it illegal for adults to smoke tobacco in vehicles with childrein Vehicles) Amendment Act, which would have made it illegal for adults to smoke tobacco in vehicles with childrein vehicles with children.

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The Edmonton Journal's Sheila Pratt has wrote about a recent chat with the Alberta Party's Acting - Leader Sue Huff, as did Angela Brunschot in SEE Magazine.

Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean announced that if his party forms government on May 5, he would introduce an Accountability Act as the new government's first bill in the Legislative Assembly.

In the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced a vote on the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and revamped reporting systems.

If your salespeople can act as thought leaders in the industry, prospects will be able to trust their advice.

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

Trump has further exposed rifts within his own party by engaging in a public spat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who remains widely popular in the GOP despite the party's spectacular failure in July to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The Federal Reserve Act set staggered terms for the Federal Reserve Board members (selected by local business and financial leaders, not Washington politicians) so that the President could not «pack the bench» as Jackson had done in 1833 by removing Secretary Duane in favor of Taney.