Sentences with phrase «face obstacles to success»

Recent studies by the Washington and New York state bar associations confirm that women lawyers continue to face obstacles to success in the legal profession - and that employers who are committed to women's professional success can remove those barriers.

Recent studies by the Washington and New York state bar associations, the National Association of Women Lawyer, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Catalyst, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and others, confirm that women lawyers continue to face obstacles to success in the legal profession — and that employers who are committed to women's professional success can remove those barriers.

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Rubio: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, which shows how our thoughts have the ability to determine how we deal with obstacles entrepreneurs can face.

As an entrepreneur, one of my most important keys to success is staying positive — especially when facing the inevitable obstacles of running a business.

What's more, many of them excelled in spite of obvious obstacles like language barriers and prejudice — offering an inspiring look at the difficulty some entrepreneurs face on the road to business success.

They want their product or service to stand out from the crowd, and they may face hard decisions and obstacles on the path to success.

Yet, people in the groups that face bigger obstacles — and even those that appear set for retirement success — can take steps now to make their later years even more enjoyable.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.

They are faced with more trouble than any child can be expected to bear, and the fragile but resourceful Mister nevertheless finds strength in an idea from a movie, that he can be an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles if he believes in the success... There are plenty of sad and disturbing moments in this movie, but all of them managed to become inspirational and uplifting, because the director offered a glimpse of hope in the continuously degrading American society, especially for the poor.

One education issue — high school graduation requirements — may best illustrate the successes of Arizona's P - 20 council and the obstacles that this high - powered panel faces in trying to bridge the gap between the state's precollegiate and higher education systems.

Students and educators today face obstacles to student achievement, well - being, and success that are above and beyond traditional instructional and assessment concerns.

In the face of so many challenges and obstacles — designing new curricula aligned with Common Core, teaching a large population of English language learners and grappling with the reality that 75 percent of their students qualify for free or reduced price lunch — Burton's teachers wanted a protected, regular time slot to come together, look at data and figure out which of their teaching methods worked and which ones didn't so they could bring their students along on a path toward success.

It will allow them the opportunity to see both the successes and obstacles that the school is facing.

African - American, Latino and American - Indian children in North Carolina face greater obstacles to success than their peers, according to a new policy report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The payoffs of starting and owning your own business are great, but there are obstacles that every motivated individual must face and overcome while on the road to success.

RDJ helps indie developers to share their experiences and success stories as well as the obstacles that faces them in their careers.

It seems like there's a new discussion taking place in the art world about the pressures facing women — the obstacles to success, the decision to have a child.

In seeking to explain why so few women gain the success as artists afforded their male peers, Thatcher concentrates on the restrictive pressures facing women: «Women... express anxiety at the prospect of having children, feeling that they must avoid visible obstacles to their career progression in a world in which one must appear continually available for residencies, commissions or even just networking.»

But even with all signs pointing to the real prospect of success in Paris, we knew significant obstacles remained, with countries from the US and China to small island nations all facing difficult decisions to reach an agreement acceptable to all 195 parties.

Methodologies such as lean six sigma and business process design have been utilized for decades in other industries such as manufacturing or consumer goods, but professional services, and particularly the legal industry, have faced unique challenges when it comes to utilizing these approaches in any meaningful way: culture, compensation and at its core, the law firm business model itself are often obstacles to success.

Nancy McCarthy analyzes the results in the current issue of the California Bar Journal, and notes that «minority attorneys continue to face serious obstacles to success in the legal profession from initial job opportunities to career advancement, and they remain grossly underrepresented in top - level private sector jobs.»

This week's episode, «Multiple Identities,» looks at the challenges women face when they must navigate multiple identities like gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, and religion, that become obstacles to success in the legal profession.

Getting older is hard enough on a personal level, but when you are faced with a career change, layoff, or other upset to your professional life, age can seem like the greatest obstacle to your success.

Target Population: Two and three - year - olds who face multiple obstacles to educational and economic success.

Success reflects behaviors such as hard work, tenacity, problem - solving, persisting in the face of obstacles, persisting in the face of opposition, working to bring various groups together to solve a problem, prioritizing, creative thinking, etc..

Fathers may even have a greater impact than mothers in some areas such as language development and persistence in facing challenging obstacles — the «can do» attitude that is essential to success.

In Montana, American Indian children face the greatest obstacles to opportunities for success.

Teaching social emotional learning skills must be paired with helping our students see the institutional obstacles they face to success and strategies — individual and collective — they can use to overcome them.

The number one obstacle faced by real estate people currently is... «reality» vs the pumped up visions of success within the business imagined by the vast majority of Realtors, being the 60 % to 80 % of licensed Realtors out there (take your pick re the actual numbers) who are only three years or less into the business, who are destined to fail... rising stars in their own minds who ultimately arch and are turned into falling meteorites.