Sentences with phrase «ambitious leaders in»

A new report has highlighted RE100 members Apple, AkzoNobel, DSM, Google, IKEA and Unilever as ambitious leaders in influencing helpful climate policy.

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You might think that most successful CEOs are super ambitious, and in many ways you'd be right, according to Bryant's interviews, but the high - achieving leaders he spoke with had a very special type of ambition.

«California has been a leader in setting ambitious energy goals, but we need to make sure that all communities have access... or else we will fail,» says Ms. Limón.

Of course, you can't leap from being an idealistic young person to a world - changing leader all in one go, he tells ambitious would - be trailblazers.

Join clubs and networking organizations that will place you not only in the midst of like - minded, ambitious entrepreneurs like yourself, but also those who are already leaders in their industries.

BusinessCollective, launched in partnership with Citi, is a virtual mentorship program powered by North America's most ambitious young thought leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and small - business owners.

Parenting will always be a challenge in the life of any ambitious entrepreneur and / or business leader, and there are many ways to raise a child: with hired help, with the support of extended family or working for a company with generous family policies that allow for flexible work hours and parental leave.

The Republican tax plan is in the midst of a critical week in the Senate, but it's unclear if GOP leaders have the votes to pass their ambitious package.

In April, Status of Women minister Kellie Leitch launched an ambitious program called It Starts With One and asked leaders to pledge to mentor and actively promote a working woman.

Soon after that, in a session called «Moving Fast Amid The Flux,» we'll explore how healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs can push forward with their investments and ambitious plans while Congress continues with its starts, stops, and feints on ACA - amending legislation.

Lavizzo - Mourey has one of the most ambitious visions of any foundation leader today, focusing RWJF on creating a «culture of health» in the United States.

It's helpful here to compare Apple to Google and its parent company, Alphabet, which is widely seen as a leader in investing money in ambitious long - term «moonshot» projects.

After a series of phone conversations with company officials that began in August 2015, Flaxman came to Starbucks headquarters in December to talk with chairman and ceo Howard Schultz and other leaders about what he and his team considered a wildly ambitious goal: TurboVote would help lift voter participation to 75 percent, at a date to be determined.

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.

His insights have helped ambitious leaders accelerate innovation, and STAND OUT in a sea of sameness by building companies that are hungry for change.

Next month, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will celebrate the first anniversary of his successful bid to succeed Stephen Harper in the probable knowledge that some of his former rivals — as well as other ambitious Conservatives — are holding a bit of a deathwatch on his leadership.

Since Peter Lougheed catapulted from official opposition leader to Premier in 1971, Alberta's opposition leadership have become a political graveyard for many well - intentioned and ambitious politicians.

#MFMclimatepledge wants the leaders to commit now to agreeing an ambitious climate treaty at the COP 21 Conference in Paris next year, with the subject of meat reduction firmly on the agenda.

He is Development Director for WRAP - a UK charity, at the forefront of the circular economy - thought leaders, champions of action and catalysts for change.Richard joined WRAP in 2004, leading the team that created and delivered the innovative the Courtauld Commitment - the first agreement of its kind between WRAP and UK supermarket retailers committed to an ambitious and collaborative approach to packaging and food waste reduction.

Our glorious leader is obviously a very ambitious man, and he's made it perfectly clear that he cares about cup competitions a great deal and would want to go as far as possible in the FA Cup.

Appearing at the UN in New York, Mr Brown also challenged world leaders to meet the ambitious international development goals set down in 2000.

He used the position cannily, building a base in the party unencumbered by ministerial office, charting a course of what he would term «independent loyalty» — never dissing the leader, but voting against # 9k tuition fees and the bedroom tax — yet which critics inside the party label «ambitious expediency».

Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) said in a statement that he was glad the commissioner «conceded» the Police Department needs more officers to implement an ambitious agenda and maintain low crime levels.

This morning, de Blasio will bring his message of combating income inequality — and, in particular, his ambitious affordable housing plan — to a group of influential New York City business leaders whose support could prove vital.

Clinton's campaign is planning its most ambitious push yet into traditionally right - leaning states, a new offensive aimed at extending her growing advantage over Trump while bolstering down - ballot Democrats in what party leaders increasingly view as a possible wave election.

State transportation officials said they are working to expand the DeWitt rail yard controlled by CSX into an «inland port,» a decision that appears to put an end to more ambitious plans put forth in 2015 by regional business leaders.

They might get ambitious for a majority of their own and that's much likelier with another leader in place.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders Wednesday were nearing a deal on the $ 142 billion state budget that would include funding for Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious expansion of pre-kindergarten classes in New...

Legislative leaders in the Democrat - controlled General Assembly have already announced an ambitious gun - control agenda, including expansion of the state's existing assault weapons ban to cover the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and high - capacity ammunition magazines used by Adam Lanza in killing 20 first - graders and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

But the most ambitious proposals Mark - Viverito laid out Thursday have built - in opposition in the powerful leader of the correction officers» union.

He told the Huffington Post: «I think any leader of any political party is judged by their results and we need to set ambitious, challenging targets for what we want to achieve in May.

The Senate Minority Leader, in previous comments, stated that raw materials used for projects under this ambitious program should be domestically produced.

Some of them have helped organize an ambitious initiative that will bring women scientists from some 20 Muslim countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa to Kuwait in January for three days of dialogue with U.S. scientists, business leaders and diplomats.

On October 21, 2008, in accordance with some overly optimistic scheduling, 1,500 physicists and world leaders gathered outside Geneva to celebrate the inauguration of the biggest, most international, most expensive, most energetic, most ambitious experiment ever built.

She called on all leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York to «use this historic opportunity to inject momentum into the global climate negotiations, and work to secure an ambitious global agreement in 2015».

«Each time that he met and negotiated with leaders and groups of leaders, he pushed for more explicit details, including finally to get an ambitious agreement in 2016,» he said.

In the session, one of the leaders of the atlas described recent results that suggest the ambitious goals are within reach.

In 2017, CNL released its Long - Term Strategy, an ambitious 10 - year plan that will position the organization as a global leader in nuclear science and technologIn 2017, CNL released its Long - Term Strategy, an ambitious 10 - year plan that will position the organization as a global leader in nuclear science and technologin nuclear science and technology.

By promoting the exchange of ideas and inspiring insights from unexpected perspectives as well as the introduction of novel technologies, «Molecules of Life» provides ambitious and motivated students with the training and opportunities they need to become the new leaders in Molecular Life Sciences.

«It's such an exciting time in our industry, and at FMCA, and having such extraordinary people and industry leaders on our team empowers us to set ambitious goals — and then exceed them.»

And so the Lego people live in a state of primitive superstition, torn between their ambitious new leader — who reinvents himself as President Business, issuing an elaborate system of «instructions» that keep his citizens tightly confined to their respective realms — and the mysterious godlike entity whose hand can reach down at any time to rearrange everything according to his own design.

There are allies to be found in the guerrilla fighters of the Sushi Liberation Front, but can their ambitious leader Masa really be trusted?

There are three men vying to be the new Soviet leader: Stalin's second - in - command, the idiot Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the ambitious Party chief Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the truly sick secret police chief Lavrenti Beria (Simon Russell Beale).

On the 16th & 17th of May, UK's most ambitious SME owners, startup owners, creative leaders and decision makers will take part in what is being Europe's largest business event.

The OECD folks offer some explanations, terming Shanghai a «leader in reform» and citing in particular its near - universal education system, its competitiveness (including admission both to universities and to the best secondary schools), a very high level of student engagement, a modernized assessment system, an ambitious new curriculum, and a program of intervention into weak schools.

In 2010, leaders on Beacon Hill crafted the Achievement Gap Act of 2010, the most ambitious school reform legislation since the historic Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

It was still enough to focus plenty of state education leaders on dreaming up ambitious new spending programs in 2009 and 2010.

In SSP, you will join a remarkably diverse cohort of leaders and life - long learners, each pursuing ambitious social and professional goals through individualized courses of study.

The high profile of some MATs can also attract ambitious leaders, as they may enjoy being in an organisation which is seen by some as having greater influence, according to John Carter, of Veredus.

A high - level delegation of education leaders from Brazil were hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education recently as part of an ambitious, multiyear research and innovation project on education leadership development in the country.