Sentences with phrase «meant tough talks»

And in the case of Ivan for not taking the necessary executive decisions that as CEO he is expected and empowered to take to sort this, even if this meant tough talks with Wenger himself.

Not exact matches

Ensuring a positive reception might mean delivering your tough talk on the need for cutbacks at a time when the company's financial vulnerability has been recently made glaringly apparent.

Talk to your team about what the flexibility is meant for (meeting in the middle of a tough situation) and that you still have high expectations (deadlines are still deadlines).

Motivation can also mean belt - tightening and tough talk.

It's tough to say which method developers will prefer in the years to come, but at least when someone talks about «cryptocurrency mining» in the future, you'll know exactly what they mean.

The sturdy and capable - looking young men on the opposite page have a special meaning for tough - talking Henry R. (Red) Sanders, coach of UCLA's highly ranked Bruins.

So when I read the report in the Daily Mail in which Guardiola talks up Arsenal's credentials as Premier League title contenders and suggests that Man City have a very tough test ahead of them, my concern is that he really does not mean it and is confident of a win at the Etihad this weekend.

This does not mean dad's don't love their babies, but their tougher times may actually come when the baby would be of an age where they would be talking and able to play or learn from dad.

So for classroom placement, I mean this is a tough question I just hear and I know our panels are talking about this.

The surprise selection of Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy — a tax - cutting, tough - talking ex-police chief — was meant to bolster Cuomo's tack to the political right and deliver on his pledge to pick a lieutenant governor who would be ready to take charge immediately if needed.

I mean, when contractions are intense enough that they cause vomiting and they're tough to talk through, that sorta seems like «go time!»

«How could we even possibly think we could fight something so tough if we can't even talk about what it means to fight it?»

I'd vastly prefer that Duncan spent less time talking tough and more time showing some steel when it counts (for Race to the Top aficionados, it might be time to worry about what this means when it comes to holding RTT winners to their grand promises.)

I mean some of these matters tend to accumulate over time and so we're talking to people about getting together collegially and having some structures to talk about sustainability and recovery and not just exchanging stories or, having a bit of a complaining session and saying what a tough day it is, but instead really examining things and coming out with positive ideas about going forward.

Using their own words, workers across America talk about what the Recovery Act has meant to them in tough economic times for the construction industry.