Sentences with phrase «leading up to the meet»

Leading up to the meeting, each company member read the book Fish!

The thought of it dominated all else in the days leading up to the meet.

IN HIS OWN WORDS: «(Leading up to the meet) we were all still really excited about winning North Coast and were on that high and had to realize we had another meet left.

wishing you lots and lots of rest this week in the lead up to meeting the new babe!

We have seen so many relationships fail at the last stage (when everything was perfect leading up to the meeting) that we prepared a short, animated video to help and guide

Because of the hard work they did leading up to this meeting, student's met with a superintendent who was excited to hear from youth about how to move forward on the committee, contributed ideas of his own, and even held off another meeting to prioritize continuing the important conversation he was having with students.

Treasury yields across maturities rose leading up to the meeting, with short - term rates rising the most as markets took into account the Fed's expected pace of three to four rate hikes in 2017.

This followed strenuous lobbying efforts by some of largest oil producing non-OPEC nations in the weeks leading up to the meeting.

In the weeks leading up to the meeting, both DTE and Great Lakes Bay Region SOS, a group which opposes wind farms, sent mailings to area residents.

The non-negotiating summit aimed to build political momentum leading up to the meetings in Lima in December and Paris in 2015, which are expected to result in multinational development agreements.

Not exact matches

The minutes of the Fed's June meeting noted that «some participants suggested that increased risk tolerance among investors might be contributing to elevated asset prices more broadly; a few participants expressed concern that subdued market volatility, coupled with a low equity premium, could lead to a build - up of risks to financial stability.»

The Supreme Court has appointed a receiver to take charge of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the lead - up to a general meeting set for next month to settle a long - running dispute with a breakaway organisation backed by Fortescue Metals Group.

Unfortunately, in today's workplace, it seems more common than ever for businesses to hold numerous meetings and lengthy discussions, leading to anywhere up to 31 hours every month of employees sitting around, being unproductive.

Elsewhere, oil prices were higher on Monday, on the back of hopes that leading exporters would agree to extend the output cut - as OPEC members gear up for a meeting in Vienna this Thursday.

On the other hand, Summers believes it's too late now for the Fed to change course, since its communication leading up to Wednesday's meeting has so strongly signaled a rate hike.

For instance, Garbugli includes a little graphic in his presentation illustrating just how hard it is to concentrate before an impending meeting — the hours leading up to it are often dead time — and also quotes Y Combinator's Paul Graham: «A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon by breaking it into two pieces each to small to do anything hard in.»

You can (and should) master valuable game - day tricks and techniques, he argues, but negotiations are actually generally won or lost in the weeks and days leading up to the parties meeting face to face.

If you can make ends meet while interning for little to no money, the financial sacrifices up front can lead to invaluable long - term opportunities, Rovell, Coppolella and Torres say.

Cold calls generate follow - up conversations only 10 percent of the time, and lead to in - person meetings less than 2 percent of the time.

In the week leading up to Thursday's meeting, Icahn's team and Dell's special board committee - which supports the CEO's proffered deal - have flooded shareholders with letters and documents to argue their respective positions.

The Saudi - led Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet Thursday to work out a plan to cut global oil supplies and boost prices, but OPEC member Iran has an incentive and the power to screw the whole plan up.

«That little timing adjustment lead to a flurry of meetings and catch - up requests that have already filled our calendar for January.»

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In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

The face - to - face meeting between Moynihan and Holder is being pushed as the bank faces the possibility of a lawsuit from the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey against Merrill Lynch's actions leading up to the mortgage crisis.

Recently, though, two provinces favouring Big CPP have counterattacked in the lead - up to the December meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers.

Nomad Health, a startup that's set up a platform for a new generation of doctors and nurses to pursue gig work that meets their own needs, has raised $ 12 million in a Series B funding round led by Polaris Panthers, the company announced Tuesday.

I set up an informal meeting with my co-worker who leads up the social media team to discuss this.

Del Ponte offers Fast Company a list of lessons learned, including canceling most meetings, coordinating time zones, and ensuring local wi - fi is up to the challenge the night before you start work, that anyone considering trying a similar experiment should check out before they follow his lead.

This chart shows Prattle scores for FOMC meeting participants» speeches given in the weeks leading up to the FOMC meetings in September and December 2013 and March and June 2014.

Our people operations folks also hold regular meetings with our team leads to constantly stay up to date as the company evolves and to ensure the entire company has stake in what our culture looks like today and as we grow.

In the weeks and months leading up to that talk, have pre-vetted conversations with your manager to make sure you're meeting expectations.

In the lead - up to his dinner at the White House planned for Thursday night, Chinese premier Xi Jinping met with the people who really run things: Leaders of the world's biggest tech companies.

AEs must clearly understand how traditional sales and marketing wastes their time and focus: The traditional approach would have Sales following up with leads that aren't likely to convert and meeting with companies that don't fit the Ideal Customer Profile and aren't good candidates for your product.

«I have always thought the game was about the 19th Party Congress, and I would say that this is the opening shot in the lead - up to that meeting,» he said.

In the week leading up to Thursday's meeting, Icahn's team and Dell's special board committee, which supports the CEO's offer, flooded shareholders with letters and documents to argue their positions.

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While the suit was ultimately approved with the strong backing of regional brokerage firms, tensions flared during conference calls and meetings leading up to the court filing, the people said.

During the week leading up to the IMF meetings in Washington, the Thai baht and Indian rupee soared in anticipation that the United States and Britain would block any attempts by foreign countries to change the financial system and curb disruptive currency gambling.

That is a decline of 1.23 percent over the two and half months leading up to the September FOMC meeting.

Today, summit participants have fanned out across Israel in five different tours to view Israeli's tech sector up close, meeting with leading public companies such as Google, Mobileye, Check Point and Evogene, as well as OurCrowd portfolio companies, BioCatch, eVigilo, Covertix, MST, and BillGuard.

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance in Omaha, Neb., leading up to Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting, Buffett laid out his latest thinking on cryptocurrency investing.

The Harper government also made Canada the only country that lowered its ambition in the lead up to the Copenhagen COP but nonetheless is far from getting even close to meet even that meager target.»

«The reform of the Roman Curia is something that almost all Cardinals asked for in the congregations preceding the Conclave,» Francis said, referring to the meetings that led up to his election in March.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

It includes a meal by the lake - side where the Christian experience of meeting the Lord at the Eucharist is reflected back into the Easter story; and it leads up to the rehabilitation and commissioning of Peter as the leader of the mission, a foreshadowing of his death, which had happened, of course, long before this Gospel was written, and a discussion of the destiny of the «beloved disciple», possibly John.

Even in the months leading up to his death, Schwartz frequently met with pro-life leaders to think and strategize.

In the lead up to the Third Millennium, John Paul II asked that «the Church should becomemore fully conscious of the sinfulness of her children,» reminding the faithful that, however painful it may be, «acknowledging the weaknesses of the past is an act of honesty and courage which helps us to strengthen our faith, which alerts us to face today's temptations and challenges and prepares us to meet them.»

Roger Harper looks at what led up to the Anglican Communion's Primates» meeting and examines the way ahead More

In the lead - up to our going, I discovered that many Catholic friends had no idea what a World Meeting of Families actually is.