Sentences with phrase «did having him on board»

What did having him on board teach you about filmmaking?

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They don't have enough propellant on board to boost back to the launch site.

Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past.

While the board clearly has a duty to protect its employees from legitimately harmful treatment — for instance the rule bars any statements or behaviour that is threatening or violent — the rule also restricts actions it deems «annoying,» and occupants have interpreted the board's wide - ranging ban on complaints as sending a message to them: don't bother us, we're not interested.

The more that business owners take such points on board, the less chance they have of doing damage

But one start might be installing a paid board with deep knowledge of the football industry, which would set the strategic direction for team CEO Oscar Grau, rather than relying on unpaid directors to oversee operations, as Barça does now.

Once you have great employees on board, how do you keep them from jumping ship?

But there were rules — the Food and Drug Administration had to sign off on each protocol, as did the Hutch's own Institutional Review Board.

Sometimes dysfunctional boards are a result of having investors who don't really understand their role on the board or have the right skills or experiences to be helpful.

All were exciting departures from the standard fuselage - and - wings template that has plied the skies since the dawn of modern commercial air travel, but, excitement or not, don't count on boarding one any time soon.

Does our Chair (or Lead Director) have the independence, attributes, experience and track record that the company and senior management needs and respects — to lead the board, hold management to account, and focus on value creation?

You don't have to put your dreams in any particular order, since you'll be randomly placing pictures that represent them on your board.

The problem, according to the paper, is that boards don't have a very strong grasp on options» potential value, something that it typically takes a sophisticated computer algorithm (known as the Black - Scholes formula) to analyze.

Xapo itself has made no public comment on the lawsuit, nor did Casares mention the legal dispute to its three new advisory board members — Larry Summers, Visa founder Dee Hock and former Citigroup (c) chairman and CEO John Reed — or at least not until Fortune began making calls.

«I don't know what the board was thinking putting a half - time CEO in, but if your company can not grow in a time of political upheaval, you have a reality TV president using it and is going completely rogue on the platform, then you will never grow,,» he said.

More important, why did having women on a board make a difference at all?

This isn't just a brag board; it is a powerful psychological tool that can have a big impact on how you do business.

I think you increasingly get beat with your own weapons since big firms can do this in greater varieties and have clients on board already.»

If you're trying to hire an ad agency to help you with your Google AdWords campaign, don't bring any firm on board until you've done your homework.

Taken to its logical extreme, his research seems to argue that boards should have only female directors, but he's careful to point out that not all women score highly on complex moral reason (sometimes known as «CMR») decision - making, and some men do.

Moreover, there's little the media companies can do to pressure Facebook — if one of them decides to quit, Facebook can simply replace them with someone else; it already has the Guardian, National Geographic on board, and others are no doubt waiting in the wings.

It doesn't take much to see how that could have led to rules that'd apply the same standards across the board — only, in that case, it would've had the side effect of bolstering online privacy on all sides.

The executives did feel that having more qualified women on boards would have a positive effect on corporations.

«If only I had an investor who would come on - board and throw in some money, I'd be able to do A, B, C and Dd be able to do A, B, C and D.

However, it is worth noting — as Fortune did in a March analysis — that Airbnb has no women on its board.

«Already I've had on my phone, and over text, messages of support from people who want to get on with it and get on board and get out there campaigning and that's what we'll be doing... Lots of MPs»

«The U.K.'s airspace was designed decades ago and doesn't allow us to take advantage of the technology on board modern aircraft that would raise capacity, and also reduce emissions and noise for communities on the ground.»

Whether it's the type of bathing suit you wear, the way you jump off the diving board, or how much hair you have on your head, swimmers do a lot to make sure they get across the pool as fast as possible.

But in the end, does it actually matter to have that many more women on boards?

When I advise U.S. board members on what may be coming next, I suggest they look at what is happening in the U.K. because we have a habit of eventually adopting what they do.

If the paper's editors believe that reporting on classified intelligence is defensible because it reveals important information about government behavior, which presumably they do, then to have the editorial board undermine this crucial question doesn't just hang Snowden out to dry, it leaves the entire Post newsroom twisting in the wind.

In his letter, Fink threatened that his $ 4.65 trillion investment advisory firm would use its voting muscle to vote no on ineffective, «entrenched» boards that do not embrace a long - term focus.

My latest disaster doesn't match the recessions, missed payrolls, screaming Board Members, and so on I've faced, but it embarrassed me in a vulnerable moment.

Analysts, however, said the nominations to the board — to be cut to 12 directors from a previous 18 and voted on by shareholders in April — would do little to distract from the problems accumulating for GE.

Even if they don't have a majority vote on the company's board of directors, investors are still part owners and have legal rights.

One source said that having new board members Ursula Burns (on the phone) and John Thain (in the room) was a «turning point» that helped get the deal done.

«I knew what it was like to be a small merchant and be excluded from commerce because I didn't have a credit card system,» says McKelvey, who now sits on Square's board.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist, or even a corporate governance expert, to understand that having a former Ontario premier on a company's board can offer plenty of potential upside, especially for an Ontario - based auto parts maker such as Magna International.

He does not sit on any other boards (he resigned from TRW's in 2015), does not speak to graduation classes, doesn't give interviews (this was his first sit - down with a reporter, and he agreed to it only after it became clear that the article would be published whether he cooperated or not), and doesn't go to Davos.

«Read articles and find information online about the top board members who are active in your field and have already done what you plan on doing.

The problem is a board and top executive team that don't always appear to have control of its wide - ranging cast of characters, including founders who have attained near - celebrity status (another co-founder, Biz Stone, is a regular on NPR, and earlier this year Dorsey was profiled in Vanity Fair), headstrong and divisive managers, and investors used to getting their way.

Goldman does not have caps on board pay.

I said to the audience this morning that every board has one (or more) underperforming or dysfunctional directors, and if you don't know who it is on your board, then it is you.

Aggrandizing long service, referring to «godfathers,» compounds this renewal problem and wearing as a badge of honor how many boards one has served on, or does serve on.

Google said it has several developer partners on board for Fit, which connects to apps and devices, but did not comment on its outreach to hospitals.

Ryan suggested McConnell does not have enough Republicans on board do that — because if Democrats take back Congress, «liberals will ram through» legislation.

The burger chain has a lack of diversity on its executive team, and its board doesn't seem to want to show up to the company's annual meeting.

While it's true the U.S. doesn't have a board of auditors structure, wouldn't it be refreshing if boards pursued justice for their stakeholders themselves rather than forcing shareholders to do so on behalf of the company?

This may sound like a lot to do, but keep in mind we're talking about bringing on board a partner who is going to be vested in and engaged with growing your business for the long haul.

Did you know that out of the current crop of «Unicorn» companies, less than 10 have a woman on the founding team, and only a small percentage include any women in their advisory boards?