Sentences with phrase «being in a position of»

No matter which grade you teach, you are in the position of interacting with large groups of people constantly.

According to a study from the University of California, Berkeley, being in a position of power influences your perception of time — namely that you have more of it.

Candidates who were in positions of power were seated in chairs that were cushioned and adjusted so that they were physically higher than powerless participants» chairs.

But you want to avoid being in the position of having all of your employees thinking, «What took you so long?»

«If you are in a position of public trust, and you talk to, meet, or collude with a foreign power» while trying to subvert normal state channels, «you are, in the eyes of the FBI and CIA, a traitor,» said Glenn Carle, a former top counterterrorism official at the CIA.

«Once the aircraft starts moving, there's always the fear of someone falling down, and we're in that position of liability if we don't let the captain know,» Bingochea said.

Conflict is inevitable, and when you are in a position of power, you are automatically tasked not only with managing it, but ultimately, resolving it.

If these women were in positions of leadership to begin with, the crises that spurred their hiring may not have even happened in the first place.

If you're in a position of leadership, your team will look to you for explanations, solutions and systems when things start to pick up and transitions take place.

More and more, tenants are in a position of power over the landlords when negotiating their way into a deal.

If you do that, you're in a position of power and can get banks to compete for your business by reducing application fees, draw fees and unused line fees, as well as the interest rate.

«People who are in positions of power and influence must make sure their private fundraising does not rely on the metaphorical «muscle» of perceived or actual influence in obtaining donations,» she writes.

«A company can't be in the position of giving tax advice to employees,» says Steve Burt, an audit partner in the Austin office of the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand LLP.

«I think Singapore has come in and negotiated hard and has realized they are in a position of strength to do so,» said James Walton, head of the Sports Business service line at Deloitte Singapore and Southeast Asia.

They can even be in positions of considerable power.

In other words, if you were in a position of authority, people automatically trusted you.

More than half of U.S. households now subscribe to an online video service, meaning traditional providers are in the position of having to prove their worth.

To be in that position of course requires timely decisions to have been made in earlier periods.

Rinaldi also said that with home equity lines of credit virtually dried up, entrepreneurs will be in the position of trying to find other sources of capital.

Rebuilding exports by devaluing the RMB, by forcing down wages, by reducing interest rates, or by any other subsidy of production costs effectively reverse the rebalancing process, and it is precisely because of the deep imbalances that Beijing is in the position of being forced to choose among the three outcomes.

Visa said, «We do not believe Visa should be in the position of setting restrictions on the sale of lawful goods and services.»

You never want to be in a position of overexposing yourself to a strategy that has done well in the past without fully understanding its risks and limitations.

Many small online businesses will utilize both processes, but if you are in the position of deciding on one over the other, the answer is what do you hope to accomplish?

I am in the position of living both sides of the acceptance equation.

I am not here to argue religion... just extremism in any form is dangerous... and those people oughtn't be in positions of power.

Many of the extreme ones are in positions of power, because there's usually a correlation between lack of morals, and religious zealotry, and the less extreme but not in power just follow along like sheep because that's what they are taught to do.

«Now Kiev is in the position of having to ask Moscow for independence.»

So if a Gang of Eight - style bill passes, Democrats will be in the position of trying to extend benefits to those receiving amnesty while Republicans will likely try delay benefit eligibility for as long as possible.

Persecution requires that the persecuted not be in a position of power.

Also, if you don't want to «fall for a scam» that's ok, Christ didn't go begging people to beleive in Him (guy who wanted to bury his dad, rich man, etc.), but I think (getting back to the article) that it's important if we are in the position of Chaplaincy then we should share the good news of Christ focusing on His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

I also don't believe that God wanted only men to be in positions of authority within the church, but I also must admit that there are select instructions attributed to God (or at least believed to be inspired by God) in scripture that strongly suggest otherwise.

In another way of looking at it, it seems like you want to be on an equal level with the rest of the congregation in having the privilege to question and not have it all figured out, yet at the same time you are in the position of being the head leader.

It occurred to me that the «We relate best to God as we relate to a male» debate is perhaps moot as one who is in the position of mediating the relationship is surely a priest... a position we apparently have no need for since the incarnation.

many of the manipulators have controlled the people who are in positions of power, too, so their will gets enforced.

We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues.

No one, who receives guidance and instruction from the supernatural, should EVER be in a position of leadership of this country.

Over the years, (I am now in my mid - 60's) I have had to leave 4 different churches because of issues of «bullying»... usually from those who were in positions of of great «power» Lay - leaders, Bishops, administrators, choir - «Masters», and even pastors and now my own Priest.

This person won't be in a position of authority or trust - he will never again be a shepherd of men — but should he seek true penitent reconciliation, he might be part of the flock.

I can see by your CV that you are used to being in positions of institutional authority.

But it sounds like you are in a position of great knowledge and understanding, and it would be nice if you instead showed some mercy and compassion, like the Christ and God you follow.

He had some choice words for people who didn't, especially if they were in positions of authority.

As children of the founders, they were in a position of responsibility and authority.

Do we want to be in the position of saying that the satisfaction of sexual desire alone is an adequate basis for marriage?

Women were to submit to men and never to be in positions of authority over men.

Therefore, a minister who holds to the temperance view would seem to be in a position of having to choose whether he will make this a major emphasis or whether he wishes to counsel alcoholics.

At some point in your life, a person that you considered to be in a position of authority, related to you the «god» legend.

And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

The danger of feeling a special sense of privilege when you're in a position of influence is real and constant.

He was in a position of authority and trust and he should have done more to stop this.

In the stricter communities it's immodest for them to show pictures of women on the internet, in papers, etc. and especially amongst men — NOT because she's in a position of power.