Researcher Tony Bryk summarizes a landmark study of school improvement, making the case
for leadership focused on a set of five organizational supports empirically linked to student learning.
Not exact matches
«When we look back, this will be a historic day, certainly
for oilsands,
for Alberta and I think
for Canada as we move into a more solutions -
focused leadership position on greenhouse gases around the world.»
«Jaguar considers it highly unlikely that the Board will cause a change in
leadership or a change in strategic
focus, unless Ms. Stymiest and Mr. Martin push
for dramatic change,» the release stated.
The miner, under the
leadership of Executive Chairman John Thornton, has
focused for the past three years on reducing debt by more than 50 percent from the more than $ 13 billion it hit at the end of 2014 due to overpriced acquisitions and mine development, including Pascua - Lama.
Leaders from the Republican and Democratic
leadership are attempting to hash out a deal,
focused on defense spending and other legislative priorities like the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program.
For day - to - day
leadership, simple predictability, the search giant found, frees a leader's team to
focus on their actual work rather than office politics or needless consultation.
Lars Dalgaard, who sold SuccessFactors to SAP
for $ 3.4 billion in 2011, is starting a new investment venture
focused on teaching CEOs better
leadership.
Sobey has redesigned its MBA program to emphasize responsible
leadership through an eight - month integrative course, and it employs active learning through what it calls «immersive» experiences
focused on entrepreneurship, community and not -
for - profit
leadership, and an international class trip.
And when I sold that business in 2015, I was able to
focus my attention on bringing my powerful personal brand, which I had worked on
for years to build, to an even higher level, and eventually into thought
leadership.
«What we hear often from companies is that people of color aren't applying,» says Mimi Fox Melton, director of community mobilization
for Code2040, a nonprofit
focused on developing black and Latinx
leadership in tech.
«Recent events have brought home
for me that people are more important than work, and that I need to take some time off of the day - to - day to grieve my mother, whom I buried on Friday, to reflect, to work on myself, and to
focus on building out a world - class
leadership team,» Kalanick wrote in the email, obtained first by Recode.
Deep metrics and a
focus on customer engagement are the keys
for building solid, sustainable growth and industry
leadership.
The younger O'Shaughnessy said that under his
leadership, OSAM will remain
focused on four investing principles: pick stocks of companies that are profitable, cheap, have very strong price trends and offer high yields
for shareholders.
That includes a relentless
focus on doing what's right
for ALL of our stakeholders by operating our business through the lens of our Foundation Principles and a commitment to conscious
leadership,» Reiff told me over email.
He says that under his
leadership, OSAM will remain
focused on four investing principles: pick stocks of companies that are profitable, cheap, have very strong price trends and offer high yields
for shareholders.
While India has benefited from impressive GDP growth and watched its IT sector blossom into a $ 100 billion industry in the past two decades, its
focus on developing engineering talent has left the country dry of Indians with
leadership and management skills, says Srini Kandula, vice president of human resources
for iGATE, a Freemont, Calif. - based outsourced software developer with 28,000 employees and operations in Bangalore.
«If
leadership doesn't have an intense
focus on both building and sustaining the right culture
for your business and the people you want to attract, it's very easy
for a toxic one to take over,» CEO of HR tech platform YouEarnedIt Autumn Manning tells Business Insider.
That's why now when I'm interviewing others
for various
leadership roles, above all else I
focus on attitude, passion and how hard they are willing to go after something.
«Now with Nvidia's
focus on artificial intelligence, the opportunities
for leadership are endless.»
«After talking with him a bit longer, I learned of his recent
focused efforts in creating a «servant
leadership» environment, aka culture, that I concluded WAS the reason
for high attrition in the past several months,» says Brown.
Johnson & Johnson,
for example, took several steps in 2017 to
focus its
leadership in certain areas.
Mr. Chisholm joined Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York in 1985 and he served in a variety of progressively senior
leadership roles within the organization during his 30 - year career, including as Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group in both London and New York from 2002 to 2012 where he
focused on areas such as strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, risk and capital management and principal investing advisory
for financial institutions globally.
In keeping with our pay -
for - performance philosophy, and as discussed in more detail in the CD&A included in this proxy statement, our approach is designed to
focus our
leadership and balance short - term performance and long - term strategic priorities.
By empowering your team to take responsibility
for their own work, your
leadership focus changes to support each employee in a culture that brings people together and inspires productivity.
The reality is, our organization has been
focused on issues that are region - wide
for more than a century, because we understand that regional vision,
leadership, and collaboration is critical to the success of not just our local economy, but the B.C. and Canadian economies as well.
Executive Talent Agency is the
leadership recruitment division of Sales Talent Agency, that
focuses its energy on finding the best talent
for executive sales and marketing jobs.
Prior to PerformRx, he held executive
leadership roles at Penn Mutual and CIGNA with a
focus on innovation and a passion
for operational excellence.
Basically, Mr. Flaherty is looking
for suggestions on how to «strengthen our economy in the face of global economic threats»; with «cost - neutral or low cost measures»,
focusing on «more efficient and effective spending» that builds on the «government's belief of respecting taxpayers» dollars» and «encourages private sector growth and
leadership».
For more than two decades, Genworth Canada has supported the housing market by providing thought
leadership and a
focus on the safety and soundness of the mortgage finance system.
She is also the Director of the Power Lab, a new
leadership learning initiative
focused on local organizing
for a fair economy.
He asserts that he is
focused on defining and describing ethical
leadership, using his own experiences as support
for the ideas of what he believes (and I agree) is a powerful and important
leadership approach.
VICTORIA — A report from B.C.'s Representative
for Children and Youth shows the Liberal government has failed to show
leadership or bring the
focus needed to fulfill one of the most important responsibilities of government — providing services
for Aboriginal children and youth, say B.C.'s New Democrats.
«Our
leadership team knows what tech companies at all levels need, and are
focused on providing managed space that makes it easier
for tech companies to stay
focused on their products and their teams,» Stacey added.
Glen will provide
leadership for a strategic
focus on process improvements that enhance efficiencies to support delivery of exceptional client service within our branch network.
Deutsche Bank WM is also pursuing a digital revamp of sorts and the change of
leadership at the very top of the bank — John Cryan is out and former wealth management and commercial banking boss Christian Sewing is in — may bode well
for the German lender, which has stated on record that it will
focus on building its wealth management business in key markets, including Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) has announced «a streamlined, more nimble
leadership team pointing to a new vision
for the association
focused on high - impact advocacy and core member services.»
VICTORIA — A report from B.C.'s Representative
for Children and Youth shows the Liberal government has failed to show
leadership or bring the
focus needed to fulfill one of the most important responsibilities of government — providing services
for Aboriginal...
When politicians like Sask premier Brad Wall make snarky comments on twitter which trigger an onslaught anti-Quebec insults and Brian Jean ignores the fact that Notley got tentative support
for Energy East from Ontario premier Wynne and
focuses instead on the «failure» of Notley's climate strategy to knock all the provinces in line right now, they're engaging in cheap politics, not
leadership.
Since Mr. Xi came to power, China's
leadership has recentralized power to
focus on anti-corruption and abuse of power by officials, as well as developing big plans
for market reform and opening the country to foreign investment.
Through conversations with Kris Engskov, Traci York and our local
leadership, I'm grateful
for the
focus on the safety and well - being of the 5,600 partners still impacted by the floods.
China's economic growth target
for 2017 was announced by the country's
leadership as around 6.5 %, a move widely seen as a further
focus on stability and risk management, rather than on the creation of additional debt in order to sustain previous levels of growth.
You are motivated, looking
for impeccability and vision in your
leadership, mastery of self, integrated intelligence (rational, emotional, relational), greater clarity,
focus and equanimity in the midst of a demanding world.
Throughout her career, Gabrielle has been an active volunteer and currently holds
leadership positions with not -
for - profit and philanthropic organizations
focused on the financial services industry, women's initiatives and children's development.
I vote
for a low key servant
leadership in a democratic system, structures that help us
focus on the right stuff without dictating what should happen, and conserning norms, I prefer values before rules.
The
leadership of many in that world uses the impulse
for revenge to
focus their people on the enemy instead of their own failed policies.
Max DePress in his books on
leadership talks abot the role of elders as part of the overall
focus on: Respect
for the future, regard
for present, understanding of the past the future requires humility to face what we can't control; the present requires attention to all the people to whom we're accountable; the past gives us the opportunity to build on the work of our elders.
Similar efforts have been launched in recent months against Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes,
for speaking at a
Focus on the Family event; and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks,
for agreeing to appear at a
leadership conference sponsored by another Christian group, the Willow Creek Association.
According to the «Berlin» model, excellent theological schooling requires two
foci: education
for professional ministerial
leadership and critical theological inquiry.
The company thanks Spas, a true connoisseur of the drinks business,
for his
leadership at Bacardi driving commercial ventures and a new
focus on digital innovation in the region.
The large volume of new commitments from existing franchisees follows the company's 2016 convention, during which Cicis
leadership laid out the strategy to contemporize its restaurants with its new MAVERICK reimage package;
focus on driving guest frequencies by highlighting the brand's unique ability
for every guest to get what they want from the variety available on its unlimited buffet; and to streamline its operations with more efficient and effective systems.