Sentences with phrase «meetings at a company»

When we meet at the company's headquarters in Dubai, they are both sparky and down to earth — probably because they see Idealz through the lens of already accomplished businessmen.

The latest behind - the - scenes maneuvering over control of the Redstone empire is striking, given that in recent years Shari had taken on a more prominent role at the companies, and often attended management meetings at the company's headquarters in New York.

According to a report in technology news outlet Recode, Kalanick made the announcement at an all - hands meeting at the company's San Francisco headquarters during a slide presentation about Uber's business.

On Tuesday, a Facebook executive answered questions from employees on the issues during internal town hall meeting at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

Syngenta's collaborative nature initially unnerved Michiel van Lookeren Campagne, Syngenta's head of biotechnology «My first meeting at the company, we sat in a round circle of chairs,» he says, «and I wondered «where did I land?»»

There is a) business for retail clients in NYC b) business for retail clients in other parts of the country c) business for retail client meetings at my company's HQ d) casual day with clients e) casual casual for internal meetings (rarely does R&D see a pair of heels and a blazer with jeans).

Woody Rogers, product information specialist at Tire Rack, meets us at the company's headquarters in South Bend, Indiana, to help us understand how tire wear affects grip.

On Tuesday, a Facebook executive answered questions from employees on the issues during internal town hall meeting at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

He found the iPhone 6s to be similar to the iPhone 6 in terms of battery life, just as Apple spec'd it to be, saying «Going from a heavy day of email, shooting pictures of my kid, meetings at companies like Facebook, video at a baseball game and late night Slacking all felt roughly identical on the iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6s Plus.

Be nice to everyone you meet at the company including the receptionist and human resources assistant who asks you to complete 10 - pages of paperwork.

It's Lampert's intention to return to profit this year, though that's not a formal forecast, Lampert told reporters after the meeting at the company's headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Not exact matches

Executives spend too much time dealing with investors and analysts, trying to meet or exceed earnings expectations every quarter, and end up seeking short - term gains at the expense of the company.

Someone can work at a large company for years and never meet the CEO.

He saw the PC mogul wading into crowds of shareholders and signing autographs at the company's annual meeting, noting how a larger - than - life CEO could inspire loyalty and garner loads of free publicity.

The course helps founders think of their companies as a series of experiments aimed at locating the sweet spot where enabling technology meets a receptive market.

During his presentation alongside Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger at the company's annual meeting in April, Buffett remarked, «Union Pacific's rail network is much better positioned for Mexico than BNSF.»

Whether it was taking part in a seminar on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies with other area executives, hanging out at a barbecue, or attending the opening of a new play, Dase made his presence felt, and he says he and the company were met with «an enormous receptivity.»

He met Mike Peasgood and Steffen Lindner, both U of W alumni, during early work stints at local technology companies, and they decided to start a robotics business.

Days after the Fantástico program aired, the Guardian reported that CSEC has held biannual «off the record» national security meetings with Canadian energy companies since at least 2005.

Christopher Yoshida, the chief strategy, sales and marketing officer at trading firm trueEx, has been busy with client meetings following the company's announcement that it is launching a derivatives platform for digital currencies.

The story begins at Brown University, where the company's three under - 30 co-founders — Sherwin, Neil Parikh, and Gabe Flateman — met.

Schechter and Schildkrout also held a company meeting Thursday at about 5 p.m. where Schechter reiterated the potential deal with IAC and potential, impending layoffs.

I sat in a meeting with a CEO recently who told me that at his last company, he forced a customer to pay a large contract up front because he «knew our software rollout wasn't going to be successful, so I wanted to be sure I got paid my commission.»

On his first visit to Facebook - crazy Indonesia, Mark Zuckerberg met the president - elect, spread the word about his company's global Internet - access initiative and posted a photo of himself at an ancient Buddhist temple.

At least in the case of ridesharing companies, these background checks don't always meet the rigor of checks required for taxi drivers in certain areas.

Once employees are hired at RFRK, they go through a comprehensive onboarding process in which they meet with the owners as a group for up to an hour to learn more about the company's inception — a story that involves two fed - up parents on a mission to give kids healthier food options.

In December 2016, Erickson set out to change that and introduced Gilmour at a company meeting.

Michael Chaney will take the role of chairman of conglomerate Wesfarmers when Bob Every retires at the company's next annual general meeting in November.

And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

For a Harvard Business Review study, three consultants examined the Outlook calendars of multiple workers at a large company and found that one weekly executive meeting consumed 300,000 hours each year.

Apple (aapl) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday as the company looks to head off a brewing trade war between the U.S. and China.

In 2012, at the company's annual analyst meeting, CEO Rex Tillerson said, «there's no doubt in my mind that the integrated model adds incremental value to just about everything we do.»

Perth company ThinkSmart has predicted an after - tax profit of $ 0.5 million for the first six months of 2013, at its annual general meeting today.

«Broadly speaking, we have enough camps in place to be able to start the operations up,» Suncor CEO Steve Williams said at a press conference following the May 10 meeting between Premier Rachel Notley and executives representing 15 companies.

Our team has quarterly leadership team meetings at which we discuss our company goals for the quarter.

At the time, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley said any opportunities must meet the company's criteria for returns.

He took out a home equity loan for $ 30,000 to make ends meet, and eventually found another job at a pipeline company, but for half his previous salary.

(Three - quarters of votes cast at the company's annual meeting in April went against Barrick's pay practices, and the company has vowed reform.)

In Season 2 of Project Grow, we talk to entrepreneurs at New York's In Good Company coworking space as they meet the challenges.

While he continues to have faith in Pearson and recently met with company employees at a town hall meeting, Ackman said Valeant and its CEO have done a poor job communicating, being transparent and quickly responding to damaging accusations.

That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales of the new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones fell well below analyst expectations.

Go over your Make Waves ideas publicly at a company meeting.

He explained that some time ago he was conducting an empirical study of street prostitutes in the city of Chicago, and, through a connection at a company he was consulting with, met a high - end call girl who had read «Freakonomics,» and who was willing to help him with his study by providing data.

At IWT, I have a no - meeting Wednesday strategy day: no meetings, no calls, just time to think about strategy and where the company is going.

«We're an industry that is extremely effective at managing controlled substances,» said Weston, Loblaw's president and executive chairman, following the company's annual general meeting Thursday.

You may know their startup story, too: how Alberto Perez, the company's creative force, and Alberto Perlman, the CEO, met at the urging of Perlman's mother to discuss Perez's idea for a business that made fitness fun.

What's more, to qualify for most bank loans, your company will need to have been in business for at least one to two years and meet annual revenue requirements — to name just some of the criteria required.

At more and more companies, every employee has a quantifiable goal to meet

Her company has an all - hands meeting every month: «I get the engineers to show up at 8:30, which is an act of god,» she said.

David Starkey, who works in production planning and inventory control at a manufacturing company in Ajax, Ont., sits through upwards of four meetings each day, of which he says half are productive and necessary.