Sentences with phrase «against the goal of»

The letter the AFL - CIO sent to Goldman Sachs on November 20 notes that accelerated vesting of incentive pay awards goes completely against the goal of employee retention.

The result has been a series of studies that aims to benchmark and track the progress of FWRA sectors against their goal of reducing food waste.

Spanking may elicit appropriate behavior in children, but it is a technique that, no matter how it is administered, does not support a secure attachment; it does not meet kids» emotional needs, and it functions against the goals of AP (communication, connection).

Yet in the culture of academic science, there is a widespread belief that an excessive focus on safety can work against the goal of discovery.

This causes a lot of undue stress on your low spine, and it goes against the goal of a flat stomach.

Oil pulling can be a helpful detoxification practice, so using an oil that is potentially laden with pesticides and other harmful substances works against the goal of toxin removal.

Under the new system, grades one through three are measured against a goal of reading by the end of third grade; grades four through six on proficient or advanced performance on the English and math portions of a state test indicating middle school readiness; seven, eight, and nine on high school readiness with passing all ninth - grade; grades 10, 11, and 12 focus on the goal of high school graduation.

A first step toward building this capacity should include an assessment of the current status of inputs and processes, measured against the goal of college and career readiness.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and if your author photo isn't the best representation of you, there is a possibility that it will work against your goal of selling more copies of your books.

This year the Foundation has already raised more than $ 376,570 against its goal of $ 1.5 million to carry out its work to fund grants that not only help shelters operate, but to further shelter innovations.

Profiling dog breeds works against the goal of reducing dog bites.

This type of farming may not be a bad thing as such, but it does feel like it goes against the goal of the game.

Furthermore, the Court found that adding on so many landowners to the action would create fear in non-aboriginals, and therefore be against the goals of reconciliation.

Performance evaluation measures your work against the goals of performing at your highest possible level and striving to improve your knowledge and skills.

It can work against your goal of quickly finding a provider when you have so much to sift through before you can even begin to narrow down your choices.

Increased sales by 20 % against a goal of 10 % and a peer average of 12 %.

Not exact matches

Our goal is to have sophisticated owners of teams that can operate at a high level, know how to build businesses, know how to build sports, and who aren't going to be working against each other, but are going to be collaborating in the best interests of fans around the world.

«It works against the administration's goal of increasing U.S. exports to eliminate our trade deficit,» says Dan Ikensen, an economist at the Cato Institute.

As he explains, it's important to balance the goal of delivering strong quarterly results against the need to develop durable customer relationships.

When I speak on this topic, I start my presentation by showing a photo of me jumping up and blocking a field goal during an North Carolina State game against rival University of North Carolina.

Let's remember that with the right investments and collaborative approaches, we can get closer to our goal of winning the fight against malaria.

Many testing companies today can do impressive comparisons of candidates against existing employees — the goal being to essentially clone top performers.

It was during one of his first that he advised against letting mistakes, which everyone makes, stop you from reaching goals.

The goal of diversity programs is a laudable one, namely to increase diversity as a way of fighting back against systemic discrimination.

In the rapidly evolving world of sustainability, it's ok to be just starting out on your carbon - cutting journey as long as you state clearly where you are, set goals on what you want to achieve, and measure yourself against them.

Dennis Bergkamp helped usher in a new era at Arsenal and this goal against Newcastle United in 2002 typified the Dutchman's control of the football, his movement, and his finishing.

«Pursuing goals they see as intrinsically noble and important made them fiercely motivated and focused and it provided a form of ego defense against criticism and failure,» Schilling says.

The best employees not only deliver against their own goals, but also lift the performance of their colleagues.»

Furthermore, the battle against ISIS is a low - cost «economy of force» campaign that includes the explicit goal of «no casualties.»

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

The only way to know for certain that your content is holding up its end of the bargain is by agreeing on goals early on and using the right tools to measure your work against those goals as you go.

Instead, try making your goal part of your identity, such that you think of yourself as the kind of person who saves money or works out regularly, rather than as someone who is working against their own will to do something new.

So if things like flavored yogurt, whole grain cereal, pretzels, and dried fruit are part of your snacking repertoire, you might be working against your workout goals.

Besides simply viewing meetings as «a big company thing,» entrepreneurs are «constantly pushing, and always on, they don't consider the important of cadenced checkpoints to measure the progress against their goals, and reevaluate that their previously agreed goals should continue to be their goals,» he writes.

At a time when the White House has vowed to act more forcefully against North Korea, Iran and other threats, some officials see the Cuba problem as yet another lesson in the dangers of using intelligence selectively to advance policy goals.

Still, all of this means the U.S. burger chain might not even really have to win in court against Down N» Out to succeed at its larger goal: demonstrating from a legal perspective that they're aggressive in protecting their name and other trademarks, which makes the marks themselves stronger.

The Broward county school system, where Marjory Stoneman Douglas is located, has had a program with the goal of limiting outsized disciplinary measures against minority students since 2013, a year before the Obama DOE's guidelines were issued.

Sit down for 15 minutes and measure one of your goals against each of the S.M.A.R.T. criteria until you have a specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time - bound goal.

So, my first goal is continuing down the road of building solutions that help us stand up against the best financed adversaries.

Every test has a goal against which the performance of different versions is measured.

But the idea that I'd be better off blowing $ 5k than saving $ 5k goes against other posts you made which recommend an ultimate savings rate goal of 50 %.

Our goal is to open source the protocol and architecture and help others implement this new technology to address privacy concerns against surveillance and back door threats of any kind.

It would attain the long - standing goal of universal coverage against the cost of pharmaceuticals, and it would reduce the high costs that Canadian pay today for the drugs they use, through taxes, insurance premiums, and out of pocket.

Most investment professionals agree that, although it does not guarantee against loss, diversification is the most important component of reaching long - range financial goals while minimizing risk.

This summer MillerCoors has been running a blind taste test in bars called «Know Your Beer» in which it puts Lite up against Bud Light with a goal of reaching 500,000 consumers by the end of the season.

Third, it advocates for governmental actions to promote blockchain's success, such as calls to enact laws that give blockchain the same type of support as the internet had in its early days or to consider blockchain to meet the President's stated goals of building an internet more secure against foreign attacks and generally «doing cyber better.»

In the first place, most major corporate misconduct implicates senior corporate officials, such that a regime of personal — rather than corporate — liability would provide them with incentives to cause the corporate entity to insure against the risk of such losses, which satisfies the goal of compensation.

Raymond James Financial CEO Paul Reilly is among the industry executives against the proposal, calling it in a recent email to employees «an example of biased and distorted research (that) impugns the integrity of the work our advisors do every day to help clients achieve their financial goals.»

In 2013, 34.4 % of independent shareholders (shares not owned by Berkshire boardmembers or executive officers) ignored the Board's recommendation against this request for reasonable goals and thoughtful planning.

A variety of ways exist to measure the performance of a content marketing plan, but you ultimately need to measure against the goal set for your marketing objective.