Sentences with phrase «fewer leadership changes»

While there have been fewer leadership changes this year, the political context still continues to influence education policy.

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Best known for leadership books like The Heart of Change and Our Iceberg Is Melting, Harvard prof Kotter is a guru whose reputation is equalled by few contemporaries.

From what we see coming out of the top levels of China's leadership in the past few weeks, we should be reasonably encouraged that some of the targets of these complaints are programmed for change.

Coursera spokesperson Arunav Sinha confirmed the company had «made a few changes to how we are organized including some leadership changes» at the CMO, CFO and GC positions.

There are a few main explanations: 1) long term failure in leadership by the Irish Catholic church, and connected with this, the awful Jansenist culture; 2) Europe — or rather, political interference from European Community institutions; 3) American money; 4) the claim of the «Yes» campaign that the Referendum was won by «the stories,» that is, the constant appeal to emotion and the complete refusal actually to think about the legal consequences of passing such a change not merely into law, but also into the Irish Constitution, the foundation of that law.

Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

In her first few weeks, «there was a change in leadership in the senate,» she said, referring to the indictment of state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and the selection of state Sen. John Flanagan as his successor.

The top two leadership posts in the State Senate has changed hands due former Majority Leader Dean Skelos being forced to step down after being indicted by federal prosecutors on bribery and extortion charges a few months ago.

Asked if the President could regain his goodwill, Okocha advised Buhari to change his leadership style to make a better impact within the next few months of his being in office.

If the necessary steps occur to put Democrats in the majority, Republicans would almost certainly attempt to block a leadership change in court, and while it's doubtful the supermajority provision would be upheld, it could certainly gum up the works for a few weeks.

Just a few months ago, some party members were calling for a change in leadership after a run of by - election defeats.

Democrats, meanwhile, insist that if Busby even comes within a few points of victory, it should be seen as a sign that voters across the country are ready for a change in House leadership.

I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

He says he's relieved after all of the wrangling over the leadership changes in the past few days to be doing something normal like attending a budget meeting.

Few employees can be nominated for the program and this will change their outlook and upgrade their leadership qualities by learning and to be as a coach for other employees of the organization.

Big changes have come to Zoosk in the past few months, with a leadership shakeup and the company shelving their plans to IPO.

At the policy level, most countries must work with an inherent level of instability, with elections and changes of leadership occurring every few years.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

«We are confident that the strong leadership teams we have put in place mean that change will be rapid and effective once it has had more than a few weeks to have an impact.»

In contrast, the approach under waivers, dubbed turnaround, was much more focused — applying only to the 5 percent of schools identified as «priority» schools and based on key principles outlined by the Department (see sidebar Turnaround Principles).62 Fewer schools were part of the effort, but in turn, the effort was much more intensive and required significant changes in school operations, culture, leadership, and practice.63 The hope was that a more disruptive and ambitious strategy will yield dramatic results: after three years, these schools would no longer be in the bottom 5 percent, and another group of schools could be identified to undergo turnaround.

In addition, studies of school leadership are replete with other adjectives purporting to capture something uniquely important about the object of inquiry — for example, learning leadership, 19 constructivist leadership, 20 and change leadership.21 Few of these efforts, however, have been products of a sustained line of inquiry yielding the sort of evidence needed to justify their claims.

If the profession has become enamored of distributed forms of leadership, as one might infer from current scholarship, the responses of teachers surveyed here suggest that few changes detectable by teachers have actually occurred in schools.

And working to change school climate is least restrictive because few state or locally mandated laws or policies define school climate, thereby providing the greatest latitude for student voice, buy - in, and leadership.

Among the hot topics that have dominated the leadership arena in the past few years is the changing role of the principal.

The Upgrading strategy is designed to track changes in market leadership, and Jason explained that these changes can be dramatic, such as a shift from foreign to domestic, or they can be more subtle, as we've seen in the last few years.

Fortunately, there's been sea change in animal sheltering in the last few years, thanks largely to leadership from national organizations like HSUS and the ASPCA in developing resources around conversation - based (or «open») adoption processes and adopter - friendly policies.

Over the past few years Rebecca and her husband John Patrick have organized ten NWEI courses, connecting people in the Nashville area and sparking new leadership for change.

[Doha — Qatar]-- December 6, 2012 — The Qatari Presidency of the UN climate talks needs to show leadership now and help ministers finalise a deal in Doha that sees countries reduce their carbon emissions more quickly and provides adequate finance to help poorer countries deal with climate change in the next few years.

All of it has been compounded by many changes in Senate leadership in the last few years.

The article documents Siri's tumultuous changes in leadership and management over the last few years, indicating that Siri 1.0's infrastructure was very creaky, which held back the service.

Include a few key details of your strengths in these areas in your opening profile summary at the top of your resume, and / or add a few bulleted accomplishments relating to change - agent leadership and adaptability in the «Experience» section of your resume.

Proven leadership, capacity to drive and deal with change, and action oriented are few of the qualities an excellent executive needs to possess.

Only a few companies have the visionary leadership to see change far ahead.

With an MBA from the University of Melbourne and an undergraduate degree majoring in Psychology, 10 years experience as an HR practitioner and manager and a further 10 years as a management consultant specialising in HR management, recruitment, organisational change and leadership development, Tom has the credentials needed to ensure that your resume is sufficiently persuasive to convince recruiters and employers to include you amongst the chosen few from the multitude.

Alan Deutschman, author of Change or Die, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs and Walk the Walk spoke about leadership, citing the few companies that actually know who their customers are — and put them first.