Sentences with phrase «at the practice of»

Canada has to get better at the practice of entrepreneurship, not just hope for more capital investment.

Even you religious people would be shocked at the practices of this church and its «members.»

In the next several posts, I will be looking specially at the practice of preaching.

There is also a companion trial to the Percoco case in June, which is expected to probe pay - to - play allegations in Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» revitalization initiative for that part of New York — which means that hard looks at the practices of state government will continue to be in the news with the prosecution of another Cuomo ally, Alain Kaloyeros.

Our actions ripple; by focusing on ourselves in positive ways through the first four niyamas we arrive at the practice of isvarapranidhana ready to look outside of and beyond ourselves.

These parents first look carefully at the practices of schools to determine whether they are meeting the needs of children.

Commentary Darryl Ayo looks at the practice of double - shipping (releasing issues more often than monthly) and explains why it's bad for almost everyone.

If you are one of the many that are horrified at the practice of killing puppies, kittens, dogs and cats and other companion animals, the time has come to put into practice what many of us have been preaching.

Researchers also looked at the practice of giving the surviving pet the opportunity to see the deceased pet's body.

This exhibition is a singular opportunity for American audiences to experience an in - depth look at the practice of Brazilian artists now recognised as the pioneers of their generation.

Not exact matches

Thankfully, with a bit of work and a bit of practice, you can improve your efficiency at holding meetings, and repair the damaged reputation they might have earned in your office.

The agents were particularly interested in the facility's practices when it came to an even smaller subset of those scheduled drugs: the highly addictive pain medicines containing oxycodone and hydrocodone that have been at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic.

«The TPP, which has been demonized by President Trump, was essentially the renegotiation of NAFTA,» said Andy Shoyer, co-chair of the international trade practice at Sidley Austin and former trade attorney during the initial NAFTA agreement.

While practicing medicine at Stanford University, he won the American Academy of Neurological Surgery's highest award for research.

The expanded lawsuit, incorporating the other employees, seeks unspecified compensatory damages and an elimination of unlawful employment practices at Fox.

• Adam Huitt was named managing director and head of healthcare industry practice at BlackArch Partners.

Here, we've put together a dream team of tips, advice, recommendations and best practices from small - business owners who were honored at National Small Business Week, an annual celebration of all small businesses across the U.S.

Bombardier sold the C Series to Delta at a significant discount, standard practice in the aviation business, because Delta was one of the first to place a big order.

Rather than always looking ahead at the end goal, immerse yourself in the daily practice of building toward it.

In practice Lyft, with a present valuation of $ 5.5 billion, looks like a smaller Uber, last valued at $ 66 billion.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

(Read Dan's post; it's a great look at why so few people follow a routine of daily, intensive practice... and why, for those that do, it's transformative.)

Composing a Top 10 Best List works too, for example the title to a post could read «Top 10 Mistakes Business Managers Make» or «Top 5 Ways to Increase the Number of Patients at Your Practice.»

In their dealings in Canada, as with international transactions generally, Chinese companies have been scrupulously observant of prevailing laws and practices, but this is not their way at home.

The issue at hand is how much control Uber exercises over its drivers, according to Aimee E. Delaney, leader of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at the Chicago headquarters of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

And local efforts at changing that are not at all helped by businesspeople from affluent countries — with supposedly sophisticated markets and best - in - class business practices — show up with briefcases full of cash.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

NEI filed shareholder resolutions last year with five of the largest Canadian banks calling for them to consider vertical ratios and assess the risks of horizontal benchmarking — setting salaries by comparing what CEOs at rival banks are paid, a practice that some shareholders argue has led to skyrocketing compensation packages.

If you want to practice civil law, you need to study in Quebec (for instance, McGill law students graduate with a degree in each system), or at the University of Ottawa.

At Stage 3 (Stage 4 for Riccò and Guerci), the IDC is responsible for managing the laying out of policies and practices that aim to improve gender balance.

Through the data it collects in a growing number of companies, Moss and his team hope to eventually put numbers to the value of just about any office practice or perk, enabling employers to instantly answer questions like, What would make my staff happier — free food at work or a shorter commute?

Of course, a person who truly practices restraint might take things a bit further, deciding never to splurge at all on something like a vehicle that will depreciate, and instead investing in assets that will ultimately produce returns.

At this stage, the IDC should begin conducting periodic evaluations of the policies and practices implemented thus far, assessing their impact on gender balance.

While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.

Diversity training has been around since at least the early 90's, and has been one of the most commonly - implemented diversity practices ever since.

A similar strategy for tackling the urge to slack is to practice «productive procrastination,» a term used by Piers Steel, a professor at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business who studies procrastination.

At the end of the day, the degree to which these practices will help to create an inclusive culture will depend more on the people executing them than on the practices themselves.

«Whereas IQ is very hard to change, EQ can increase with deliberate practice and training,» Dr Tomas Chamorro - Premuzic, a professor of Business Psychology at University College London explained earlier this year on the HBR Blogs.

Following up on our seven - step plan to improve gender diversity at any company, we decided to look at some of the most common individual practices that companies are implementing today.

The three BW authors (Benjamin Elgin, Doni Bloomfield, and Caroline Chen) take us inside the aggressive — and, at times, even combative — sales practices that helped turn a drug that treats a relatively small number of people into a blockbuster.

(Three - quarters of votes cast at the company's annual meeting in April went against Barrick's pay practices, and the company has vowed reform.)

As a twenty - six year old who partnered with my parents in building our company after college and who is now a mom myself, I am beginning to realize some of the parenting habits my parents consciously or unconsciously practiced in raising my brother and I that set me up for a life in business (whether I knew it or not at the time).

There is a lot of good data to show that multi-tasking is the one thing we get worse at with practice.

Managers also ask staff what they think of its practices at what it calls «moments of truth,» such as during the onboarding process.

«Kevin has become a real celebrity in the green industry,» says Paul Holland, general partner in charge of the clean - tech practice at Foundation Capital, an investor in Serious Materials.

However, rather than compete for market share on the merits or fulfill its statutory obligation to enable competitors to practice its invention after its patents expired, Green Mountain has abused its dominance in the brewer market by coercing business partners at every level of the K - Cup distribution system to enter into anticompetitive agreements intended to unlawfully maintain Green Mountain's monopoly over the markets in which K - Cups are sold.

A couple of years ago, the practice of showrooming — where shoppings would look at an item in a store then purchase it online — was on an alarming rise, with 50 percent of online purchases in 2012 occurring as a result of this behavior.

Thousands of small business owners were reportedly impacted by the improper sales practices at Wells Fargo, according to Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican.

A simple gratitude practice, it seems, acts like a supercharged version of journaling, helping calm anxious thoughts that can keep us tossing and turning at night.

Even in work - crazy Japan, the practice of inemuri («sleeping while present»), often sitting at one's desk, is viewed as the ultimate sign of hard work at the expense of nighttime sleep.