Sentences with phrase «in face»

Barry Diller staunchly defended JPMorgan Chase, saying the bank had handled itself «quite well» in the face of relentless pressure.

It's unlikely you'll see entrepreneurs cutting off their own noses to engage in face - spiting.

The restrictions fly in the face of Pentagon assertions over the past year that it was striving to be more transparent about the US war campaigns across Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

If you thought you were going to make $ 100,000 and drive a Porsche immediately out of college, then your standards of success were skewed and superficial, you confused your pleasure for happiness, and the painful smack of reality hitting you in the face will be one of the best lessons life ever gives you.

The most notorious fee was the debit card usage fee, which barely got off the ground before banks axed it in the face of a major consumer backlash.

And in a world locked in a tight global battle for talent, it helps companies find people who are resilient and creative in the face of obstacles.

Getting to Yes advises a stoicism in the face of adversarial attacks that is almost saintly.

«Steve was in your face, screaming, and Tim is more quiet, more cerebral in his approach,» said Cue.

His chief of ministers, Marcos Peña, has decried the «hypocrisy» of those «who have maintained a complicit silence» in the face of events in Venezuela.

He continued to work even through severe physical pain and in the face of death.

«Steve was in your face, screaming, and Tim is more quiet, more cerebral in his approach,» said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, in an interview with Fast Company earlier this year.

Rather than waving the white flag, however, they invariably dust themselves off and march forward in the face of adversity, never losing their focus nor their drive to innovate.

«The whole thing blew up in my face,» says Stack.

Whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom, these principles will ensure victory in the face of adversity.

The two methods are far from mutually exclusive, however, as both seek to effectively serve customers» needs through a systematic, low - risk path to innovating in the face of uncertainty.

How well the company will treat its customers in the face of such pressures is yet to be seen.

He is red in the face and wincing.

Perhaps the best way to understand differences, though, is how chief executives respond in the face of trouble.

Then, the heat plate in his face visor wasn't working.

The company two years ago had planned to buy smaller rival Rite Aid in its 4,500 - store entirety but in the face of anti-trust regulators balking in June, instead settled for a downsized deal announced in September.

Ford is attempting to improve its financial health in the face of rising commodity prices and to further take advantage of the recent consumer shift toward utility vehicles.

It's in their face.

But de Blasio's performance on development has been as good as Mike Bloomberg's — and about as good as one can expect in the face of neighborhood opposition to virtually anything big and new.

Its share of the phone market has dwindled in the face of strong competition from the likes of Apple's (aapl) iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy series.

The lesson to be learned from missed opportunities: Next time, stare fear in the face and give it your best shot.

Inconsistency on the part of a leader can be caused by the fear of making a mistake, intimidation in the face of the unknown or a simple lack of understanding of the impact your behavior has on your team.

Entrepreneur sat down with DeFazio to find out what it takes to make a leap of faith into a new business, staring risk and fear of failure in the face, and finding success.

The greatest leaders have the drive to ensure that their vision comes to fruition even in the face of adversity.

Australia is hosting the ASEAN meeting, despite not being a member of the 10 - nation bloc, as it seeks to deepen political and trade ties in the face of China's rising influence.

With every problem or challenge, you have to recognize the uniqueness of each situation and invest the time to get to the best solution, even in the face of all this input and too many things to accomplish in any day.

What sets humans apart is love, i.e. our feeling for justice, our creativity in the face of challenges, our ability to empathize deeply and respond wisely.

In the face of such thinking, convicting executives is a challenging task.

Where an infrastructure owner is subject to mandatory access requirements, it may choose to refrain from developing additional capacity on its network, even in the face of considerable demand, in order to prevent its downstream competitors from gaining access to the infrastructure necessary to supply the downstream market.

One study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that participants demonstrated reduced self - control — less physical stamina, reduced persistence in the face of failure and more procrastination — after making several decisions about what types of goods to buy.

Setting up this vision, in the face of what public funding institutions expect, has been one of the biggest challenges,» says Gutiérrez.

«Willpower gives you the energy and endurance to deal with challenges, the ability to persevere in the face of setbacks, and the strength to tolerate conflict or stress that might otherwise make us run away from goals or projects we care about,» says Kelly McGonigal, a Stanford psychologist and author of The Willpower Instinct (Avery, 2011).

More senior positions, for example, «typically spend more time engaging in face - to - face collaboration or virtual collaboration, while somebody more junior may be spending more time in focus mode.»

in the face of his critics got him where he is today.

In recent years, Ottawa has implemented several measures to restrict mortgage lending in the face of rising house prices.

Nothing about the drug has changed in that time, and the fact that it's generic flies in the face of the argument that lack of generic competition is the reason for drastic price hikes.

«We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.»

Users loved it, and when BlackBerry began to hit hard times in the face of competition, they would tell you that BBM was the reason they were sticking around and not defecting to an iPhone or an Android smartphone.

Realize that your focus is splintered in the face of distractions — primarily visual and auditory.

Schultz then went a bit contemplative on the raptly - attentive crowd, sharing with the audience his belief that individual citizens, not just politicians and political parties, need to increase civility and improve the discourse level in the country, not only every four years but ever day, in the face of what Schultz sees as increased partisanship, polarization and cynicism.

Everyone entrepreneur will face trials and tribulations, here's how these innovators managed to thrive in the face of adversity.

Development - team members are quick to cite his role in keeping everyone moving forward in the face of an endless stream of technical impasses and sagging hope.

«You can describe that until you're blue in the face, but unless you've lived through it you never had the context,» Blank said.

Grant does not dispute that great success often requires determination in the face of rejection.

The strong close to 2004 has resulted in higher stock valuations in the face of rising interest rates and slower earnings growth.

It would be foolish for Quebecor to do nothing in the face of such expectations, especially when the government is hell - bent on generating more wireless competition.