Sentences with phrase «by being direct»

The Ward family is all about telling it like it is and helping people by being direct.

But by being direct about what you see in someone else's skill set and how you hope to grow together, you can create a space to be friend - tors.

Please Stand By is directed by Polish - Australian filmmaker Ben Lewin, of the films The Sessions, Paperback Romance, and Georgia previously.

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Instagram is a standby favorite of teens, who swear by its filters and direct - message feature.

Amazon is causing trouble again, this time by changing how it pays self - published authors via its Kindle Direct Publishing Select program.

That seems a direct swipe at Tinder, which is still best known for hooking people up with people they find attractive by showing their photo, age and first name.

So Viacom's new chairman is not only unloved by some large shareholders, but also unloved by his own vice-chairman, the daughter of the company's controlling shareholder and one of the people who will direct Redstone's assets after his death.

He suspects the delay is prompted by issues with the aircraft's avionics and fly - by - wire system since it continues to fly under «direct» mode.

Content That Converts by Laura Hanley is a great book for B2B companies looking to get out of direct selling or warming up the leads before calling.

Santi said a possible way around the impasse would be for a M5S - Lega government led by a compromise prime minister agreeable to both parties, «affording Lega control of some key ministries and leaving Forza Italia to play a less visible role, with direct or indirect control of some minor cabinet posts.»

By creating your own content, you are able to enhance your social media presence and direct an already interested customer right to your website.

It is up to Nevsun to make sure that it is conducting itself in the proper manner and is not complicit with any of the accusations being directed at the Eritrean government by civil society.

But when «Jessica Jones» does return to Netflix, you can expect at least one major change: All the season's episodes will be directed by women.

What Johnson did in «The Last Jedi» sets up that possibility for «Episode IX,» which will be directed by J.J. Abrams.

While the show has always been female - driven, this season went even further by having women direct all 13 episodes of the series.

Trump's administration was unified in the view that U.S. jobs were endangered by what it called China's forced technology transfers and state - directed intellectual property theft, the official said.

A new study from University College London and Oxford University diverges from the famous Yale University study from the 1970s by psychologist Stanley Milgram who found that most people would obey direct orders to send what appeared to be increasingly painful shocks to an unseen stranger.

Studies indicate carbon dioxide emissions from transportation in the province have declined 16 % in that time, and while it's impossible to draw a direct causal relationship between the tax and the emissions decline, it's fair to say it was a factor contributing to indisputable behavioural changes — you can't emit 16 % less CO2 by doing the same things you did before.

Quickflix and DVD Direct have concentrated their marketing online, targeting existing Internet users, but both companies say they are pleased by Telstra's entry into the market, as it will increase awareness of the business concept.

«Public relation is the way of communication that the companies and organizations do with their target audience by using direct or indirect media.

A young girl from Uganda becomes a world chess champion in this movie that's directed by Mira Nair («Monsoon Wedding») and stars Lupita Nyong» o and David Oyelowo.

Before firing the employee, make sure the behavior is in direct violation with company policy and isn't protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

It's common practice to collect qualitative data on a manager's performance by surveying their direct reports.

They need to be directed by their client boards to do otherwise.

Strisower discovered self - directed IRAs in 2006, when he was invited by acquaintances to invest in Golden Valley Bank in Chico, his hometown.

«One great way to extend your reach inside of a corporation is by encouraging your direct client to do knowledge - sharing across his or her organization,» she says.

The film, about a musician and his young daughter traveling home, was directed by Patrick Osborne, who won the Oscar for Best Animated Short in 2014 with his film Feast.

Xi did not name President - elect Donald Trump by name, nor did he specifically say his comments were directed at the U.S., or for that matter at the U.K., which last year voted to exit EU trade agreements.

Take digital marketing as an example: By 2017, CMOs will be directing more corporate technology spending than chief information officers will, and yet CIOs are more likely to have chairs in the C - suite, where the corporate agenda gets set.

That mind shift was necessary, he says, because digital marketing still suffers from a large divide between branding agencies who look for long - term messaging, and direct response marketers who rate success entirely by the number of conversions.

Sold direct - to - consumer and funded by Kickstarter, the company is able to use premium materials and invest in research without having to add in the cost of middlemen.

Any move to sideline the carriers by going direct to consumers is therefore risky for Apple.

Instead, raising money by using a self - directed IRA is the opposite; it involves putting your company's stock into a retirement plan to protect its capital gains.

The Last Jedi will be directed by Rian Johnson (Looper), while J.J. Abrams (who directed The Force Awakens) is serving as an executive producer.

Fulcrum Equity Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Vocap Investment Partners, Spinnaker VC Direct, Bahns Stanley, Stanley Partners, Ellis Capital, Buckhead Investments, the AIM Group and Silicon Valley Bank.

But he recently made news for a late - life career switch: Next June, at the Berlin State Opera, he'll direct «The Pearl Fishers,» an opera by the French composer Bizet, who is famous for «Carmen.»

Going forward, Under Armour plans to respond by focusing more on direct - to - consumer retail — a strategy Nike is also pursuing — and finding other places to sell its apparel and footwear, like Kohl's (kss).

While the officials didn't give any indication that they'd been able to track the funds, they did say their suspicions were backed by the fact that the money was sent to middlemen — Ding and Gao — with direct connections to Macau.

A 2013 inquest into the death of Michael «Mike» Maguire heard he was hit in the temple by a single bullet after live machine gun fire was wrongly directed inland towards the safe haven he was in.

He declined to say whether he has been interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is directing the FBI's investigation of Russia's activities in the election.

The chain is also encouraging its customers to chip in by allowing them to make a direct donation to the the American Red Cross in any of its coffee shops across the country.

According to an analysis of 2010 data by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, the price tag was $ 669 million in direct hospital costs for just that year and $ 174 billion in larger societal costs, which includes disability, effects on employment, and other longer - term factors.

Think of Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Assistant directed by voice recognition that's powered by smart, conversational Artificial Intelligence - and most of these will be a new class of devices scattered around your house, not just on your phone.

By keeping a fleeting eye on your direct competitors, you can react before they do, or at the very least be ready to respond.

Lyriq Bent co-stars in the picture, which was written and directed by Perry and distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp..

Additionally, by directing customers to the website (which also can be accessed via a QR code), the service provides advertisers with information on who is looking at and redeeming coupons.

If you go to www.KevinCostner.com, you'll be directed to purchase his album, Famous for Killing Each Other: Music From and Inspired by Hatfields & McCoys, released in 2012.

The investments, while themselves small, are part of a broader push by JPMorgan Chase to direct its $ 250 million in annual philanthropic spending toward economic revival programs and job creation.

By choosing a direct listing, Spotify is cutting out the underwriters and institutional investors.

Well, that varies a lot by country and industry, but I've found it best to be firm and direct and compassionate.