Sentences with phrase «from having you on board»

Just be honest about it, and always steer the conversation back to the value benefits they would derive from having you on board.

Is it clear why an employer would benefit from having you on board?

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Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

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.

A question posed on Y Combinator's discussion board Hacker News called for a statement from the fund's co-founder Paul Graham and president Sam Altman (both of whom have been vocal Trump critics) regarding future dealings with Thiel.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his daily role at the company (he will continue to serve on Reddit's board).

Boards shouldn't assume that situations are broadly applicable but by introducing views from experience across many companies this should give executives ideas they may not have seen on their own.

A noted philanthropist, his name adorns the University of Toronto's Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, the faculty from which he graduated in 1954, and he has served on the board of directors of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital and the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his daily role at the company (he will continue to serve on its board).

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

She served on non-profit boards, chased cybercriminals with law enforcement and has an undergraduate degree from Wharton.

A related Conference Board study on 9,000 Canadian companies that export to Europe suggests that many have found it difficult to adapt to EU norms that are different from those in North America.

The numbers have nudged up from 15.9 % in 2013, when Catalyst Canada surveyed the number of women on Financial Post 500 boards, and new comply - or - explain regulations initiated by the Ontario Securities Commission will likely push the statistics higher now that companies are required to disclose female representation on boards and in senior management.

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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.

Tucker Mays, who came on board in May 1998, is now chief operating officer and has taken over sales, marketing, and operations from Connolly, freeing Spinergy's founder to concentrate on what he likes best: R&D.

Meanwhile, a key federal advisory board focused on driverless - car technology — a committee comprised of top executives from Apple, Ford, GM, Lyft and other tech and auto giants — has fallen entirely inactive, four sources told Recode.

Most recently they have installed a new Z - 8JH heavy rescue helicopter on board Liaoning expanding its role from power projection to humanitarian aid.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

Audra Bridges, a witness who posted the video to her Facebook page Sunday evening, said United management came on board the flight and used a computer to randomly select four passengers who would then be removed from that trip.

Presumably, the Airbnb initiative would be aimed at helping travelers unexpectedly stuck outside of the U.S.. On Saturday, travelers from restricted countries were detained in U.S. airports or blocked from boarding U.S. - bound planes.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have a major new clue in their hunt for what caused the left engine on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 to fail during a Tuesday flight.

Atlas Iron non-executive director David Hannon has resigned from the company's board with immediate effect to focus on family matters, with the company yet to announce a replacement.

There have been a variety of studies showing that women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that says that companies with more than one woman on their boards have outperformed those with no women on their boards in the stock market.

Former Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer and director Chris Catlow has joined Subiaco - based Triton Minerals as its new chairman, with Alan Jenks stepping down from the head of the board to take on a director role today.

«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»

May also called for big changes to who sits on boards so that they include employees, as is the case in some European countries: «In practice, [board members] are drawn from the same, narrow social and professional circles as the executive team and — as we have seen time and time again — the scrutiny they provide is just not good enough.

The Browning - Ferris decision builds on a previous memo from July 2014, in which the board said McDonald's Corp. could be held accountable as a joint - employer for its franchise owners» activities and any labor disputes they may have.

Graduates from the first - ever City University of New York Startup Incubator Program, the Advyzr team has on - boarded advisers from firms such as IBM Worldwide, Credit Suisse Financial, and Google.

When a new leader comes on board from another company, or you've unexpectedly needed to promote someone in - house earlier than planned, the urgency to coach the new coach can be tremendous.

An American Airlines passenger had to be duct taped and zip tied after allegedly becoming violent on board Flight 1033 from Dallas, Texas to Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday.

Concerning, though, that it had travelled halfway around the world from Tasmania to Heathrow in order to be served on board.

Matlin would not comment on the motivations behind his resignation from AlarmForce's board, which was announced Wednesday, citing that it's a legal issue.

And all of the Arx Pax's energy has to come from on - board batteries.

Aside from his staff, he has a close network of friends, fellow board members and investors that he can lean on for support when he needs them.

Dotz Nano has appointed John Bullwinkel and Uzi Breier as non-executive directors, replacing Menashe Baruch and Antony Sormann who have both resigned from the board to focus on other business interests.

Originally spelled «Radio Shack,» the retailer had gotten its name from the small wooden structure on board ships that houses radio equipment.

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.

In fact, a New York Times article shed light on Silicon Valley's «build it first, ask for forgiveness later» mentality that has, in part, grown from pressure by CEOs, board members and other company stakeholders who want to be first - to - market with their products.

Among the lowlights of the retailer's continuing, soap - operatic slide in 2013: CEO Ron Johnson resigned in April after all of 16 months on the job; the company had to apologize to customers for alienating them with new store concepts; and activist investor Bill Ackman, who stepped down from the board in August, swallowed a $ 470 million loss upon selling his Penney's stake.

«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.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

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.

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

Under pressure from shareholders, Avon's board finally announced in December 2011 that Jung would step down as CEO — with a two - year contract to stay on as executive chairman.

The report from proxy advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), called «Gender Diversity on Boards: a Review of Global Trends,» shows that the number of females among new board nominees at the largest U.S. companies has been steadily climbing in recent years.

That's the phrase used to describe a board made up of directors who have overlapping relationships with each other aside from serving on the same board.

Still, getting those factories on board wasn't easy, as he initially faced the same kind of resistance from them with the briefs — they were mostly making T - shirts — as he had with his sheets.

President Barack Obama encouraged an across - the - board raise that would lift the federal hourly minimum from $ 7.25 today to $ 10.10 by 2016 in his recent State of the Union address, and 13 states raised their minimum wage on January 1.

He said Aimia's board and management could be on the hot seat on April 27 from shareholders who are upset that Aimia's share price has plummeted to $ 1.53 from $ 8.93 in May 2017.