Sentences with phrase «better than the board»

It had been tried in other cities, but let's try it to see if it's better than the Board of Education system.

There is an anti-charter narrative so strong that it defies reason, and few illustrate it better than the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

No board will know your business better than you do but if managed properly they should be the most informed people about your business than any full - time executive.

She is constantly dealing with children on board the aircraft — children who undoubtedly are a lot less well - behaved than yours.

There have been a variety of studies showing that women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that says that companies with more than one woman on their boards have outperformed those with no women on their boards in the stock market.

The best CEO candidates will only want to join if they believe that the board is truly independent, without any agenda other than the long - term success of the business.

But there are many things public company boards can do to better align with their core responsibility to the stockholders — and they can do it in a way that is proactive and more long - term in nature than if it is in response to an activist.

More than anything, make sure your company proactively creates a culture of good cyber hygiene, and that cybersecurity is always on the forefront of everyone's mind — from the mailroom to the board room.

When the Federal Reserve Board meets later this month, there's a better than 50 - 50 chance it will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in seven years.

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

«Elliott has always behaved ethically in its disputes with corporate managements and boards, and it is regrettable and disappointing that certain parties adverse to us would choose to promote false allegations about us rather than engage on the merits of our arguments in good faith.»

With a clientele that's decidedly younger and more business - oriented than the city's more stodgy Forest and Stream Club, the Club Saint - James offers nearly 40,000 square feet in downtown Montreal for board meetings and client dinners, as well as individual wine cellar drawers where members can stash that special bottle.

In addition, one of the studies found that wooden cutting boards fared better than plastic ones when exposed to toxic bacteria strains like Salmonella, E.coli, and Listeria.

These boards are Amazon's best - selling cutting boards, and there are more than 2,520 user reviews on Amazon, with an average 3.8 out of 5 stars.

A good board leaves its own desires and its selfish concerns at the door and works together to reach the best decisions for the company rather than pushing or promoting choices that serve other outside interests -; including, sometimes, a board member's own investment objectives.

Along the way, Mr. Reagan asserted repeatedly that his environmental record was better than generally recognized, and reporters repeatedly asked why, then, he had just appointed Anne M. Burford to an advisory board on oceans and the atmosphere.

The purchase price of each Share will be (i) not less than the net asset value per Share (the «NAV Per Share») of the Company's common stock (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion) immediately prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)(the date of repurchase) and (ii) not more than 2.5 % greater than the NAV Per Share as of such date, plus any unpaid dividends accrued through the expiration date of the Tender Offer.

Indeed, so why would we think hedge fund managers are better qualified to make strategic decisions than boards?

We believe that our Board of Directors should be free to make compensation decisions to further and promote the best interests of our shareowners, rather than to qualify for corporate tax deductions.

While returns have generally been strong across the board, many other countries fared as well or better than the US.

«We think the business case is pretty strong that bodies with diverse views, including boards, tend to make better decisions than non-diverse groups.»

Since it's hard to get back stock options to advisory board members, I typically encourage entrepreneurs to hand out stock awards for specific work well done, rather than work that might never happen.

That's a far better demonstration of their confidence in your company's growth prospects than simply joining an advisory board.

According to U.S. best practices, nonprofit boards should be comprised of at least five people who have little overlap with an organization's staff or other related parties.70 However, there is only weak evidence that following these best practices is correlated with success, and if they are correlated, that may be because more competent organizations are more likely to both follow best practices and to succeed — rather than because following best practices leads to success.

Maple's behind - the - scenes prepping coincided with a company transition, bringing new turf that more than doubled the property size, a new technical advisory committee, new management and board appointments including Ivanhoe veteran Matthew Hornor as president / CEO, and $ 10.1 million in private placements, as well as the new company name and ticker.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

Not that I fully agree with everything the church does nor condone the actions of those priests, but seriously do you have anything better to do than to spew hate on a comment board?

Many Americans assume that because we are the richest country in the world, with real G.D.P per capita higher than that of other major advanced countries, Americans must be better off across the board - that it's not just our rich who are richer than their counterparts abroad, but that the typical American family is much better off than the typical family elsewhere, and that even our poor are well off by foreign standards.

And thank you America for the freedom of speech you granted the world and has provided us the utilities of communications asking us to contribute with our expressions towards» Change for the Good of ship and passengers on board» since there is no Ark better than earth to save us in this wide unpredictable space?!

Responding to Garrett Hardin's «lifeboat ethics,» for instance, such people would say it is better to take everyone on board and to let the boat sink rather than for those in the lifeboat to dehumanize themselves by keeping others out.

At this moment, the Republican party, and the conservative cause with it, has a better than even chance of claiming an across the board supremacy in next November's election.

The sailors on board the ship reveal a better understanding of God, and life, and justice, and right and wrong than Jonah reveals in his answers.

In both cases, the sailors on board the ship reveal a better understanding of God, and life, and justice, and right and wrong than Jonah reveals.

i am sure you could write so much better than them, that is why you are wasting your talents on a stupid comment board on CNN.

It use to be about how to best serve the nation, and now it seems to be mostly about getting more of your pieces on the board than your opponent.

I think this bill board will cause more harm than good due to it's seasonal timing and format.

What better place to find inspiration than the National Peanut Board's website.

The trick to the layers is to make sure they are very well cooled (even refrigerated) and slide them on to one another (from a board or rack) rather than lifting to move.

I had just added Chocolate Covered Katie's, Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Balls to my «Recipes to Try» Pinterest Board and thought what a better pick - me - up than chocolate.

I needed a kick in the pants to make myself get back on track, though, and what better way than to bring all my favorite people on board to keep me accountable?

What better occasion to choose something from my «Party Bites» Pinterest board than my friends and I pretending that we are grownups by having a cocktail hour.

Does it not therefore make sense that if he spent (and pressure was placed on the board, rather than Wenger) he'd be able to do a great deal better?

The truth really is that Wenger represents the best option of the boards ambition, I do not see a better manager than Wenger considering what the board wants.

If we do get new investment and owners who actually back his decisions then I think it better to keep the Spaniard at the club rather than changing both the board and manager at the same time.

The board, well this is the third factor and the one I despise more than the players.

He is the same guy who the board thinks is better than Alisher Usmanova because Usmanova got his money from oil.

The Wenger out cry has reached the board, but when it comes to getting a manager better than Wenger everyone one seems to hesitate.

These being said, all board have to do is to approach these managers (which are better than me) and offer them a deal.

ZILLER: I think we need to see what exactly Neil Olshey does to clarify the roster before I'm on board with Portland to be better than what they've been, which is a team winning 45 or so games.