Sentences with phrase «more of our best leaders»

Unless we resolve to get more of our best leaders into the most challenging schools, the poor will continue to be short changed.

Not exact matches

If we can accept them as reasonable judges, they all name Frances Hesselbein — Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree, advisor to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, former CEO of the Girl Scouts, and more — as the best leader in the country.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

If the non-technical managers and leaders understood the impact of good and poor protection, they would use the cyber assets they have more responsibly.

In 2014, a growing number of experts suggest that execs who openly admit their knowledge gaps not only make better leaders but may also run more successful companies.

For business leaders, increasingly this means balancing two very different perspectives: shareholders who expect executives to deliver better short - term financial performance and stakeholders who want more attention paid to the longer - term human and environmental consequences of business.

Leaders who master the practice of good listening will be more apt to intuitively understand the other person's story by searching conversations for depth and meaning, digging deeper than casual listeners, and getting to the root of an issue in order to come up with the right solution.

One more ingredient is needed, beyond focus and people, to move from good to great: you have to build a culture where questioning leaders and decisions — including those of the CEO — is OK, it's embraced and it's rewarded.

As you make a point of replacing these negative statements with a more positive, supportive attitude, you'll be better positioned to create future leaders within your company.

While conducting research for their book, The Mind of the Leader, Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter interviewed more than 1,000 leaders and found that practicing mindfulness, meaning a focus on the present, achieved by meditation and other techniques, helped those leaders engage with their employees, create better connections and improve company performance.

«A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.»

Look for more pieces of advice from leaders like Melinda Gates, Dave Ramsey and others, and follow along with the series, as well as other content relating to the Class of 2017, on social media using the hashtag #MakeItNewGrads.

Look for more pieces of advice from leaders like Melinda Gates, Dave Ramsey and others over the next few weeks, and follow along with the series, as well as other content relating to the Class of 2017, on social media using the hashtag #MakeItNewGrads.

No matter what type of organization or industry you're in, it's possible to become a more effective leader, inspiring your people to give their very best every day of the week.

Well, the higher you rise as a business leader, the more of that support you need.

More self - awareness equates to a higher level of emotional intelligence which leads to better decision making that translates to improving in business and as a leader.

«I had more of a worker mentality before and my SBDC training made me think about overall vision, how to think about sales and marketing, about financial analysis, and about how to be a good leader.

An increasing number of progressive - minded leaders are beginning to consider looking at this «good for the corporate soul» practice as more of a central line to their strategic business planning.

There are many skills and traits that form a good leader, some of which I'm admittedly more competent in than others.

In this dynamic and energizing keynote drawing from his experiences in sport, business and philanthropy, Clemons will talk with unabashed passion about teamwork, about the potential in each of us to achieve anything we set our minds to, and about how putting your heart, fully, into everything you do can make you a better leader — and your organization exponentially more successful.

You probably have a stack of business books to help you be a better leader, be more productive, build better cultures, hold better meetings.

In other words, despite its well - known brand name, the company is dwarfed by industry leaders Wal - Mart, Kroger, and Costco Wholesal e, which control more than half of the market.

The ratings on ACT reflect Standard & Poor's view of the company's position as a leader in the fragmented and competitive convenience store (c - store) industry in North America, as well as in the more concentrated Scandinavian market; its solid profitability and cash flow; and its intermediate financial risk profile.

Being aware of our own cultural influences and how they affect our motivations can make us more effective leaders and better decision makers.

If your mission stands out, you are more likely to be able to hire people who understand and share your goal; to find managers and executives who are good leaders and understanding employers; to together agree on a core set of company values that strike a chord with everyone on your team.

By that time, I had started to realize that the best leaders — those exhibiting high levels of EQ — typically showed more self - awareness, collaborated better with others, and got promoted faster.

That means that while it's relatively straightforward to learn how to be a good manager (Google has a whole suite of free tools to help, if you're interested), learning to be a truly inspirational leader seems more daunting.

Instead of becoming angry, try to discover what went wrong and take these steps to become a better and more respected leader.

In our first episode, Karen Eisen, senior vice president of customer success at Vison Critical, talks to leaders from LinkedIn, GoDaddy and SMUD to better understand how they are supporting their organization's goal of becoming more customer centric.

The good news is that the more than 5,500 leaders surveyed worldwide for this year's Global Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food crisis.

Breadth was fairly good, with advancing issues holding a strong lead over declines, but the distribution of gains focused clearly on battered «leaders» such as EMC, GE, Oracle, Dell, and Intel, all which bounced by more than 10 %.

For more than 25 years, Roberta Chinsky Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, New Balance, The Boston Beer Company and small to medium - size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent.

As we step into the future, we need more and better collaboration locally, regionally, and globally between millennials from around the world as we form the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, parents, and, of course, global citizens.

Marketing leaders know this best — today's buyer has access to more information and technology than ever before, so the needs and wants of the B2B buyer is constantly changing.

Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts and more importantly still, in those that may well follow.»

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

Cheryl Nash, president of Investment Services at Fiserv, discusses how a focused approach of connecting with industry leaders and investing more time with our wealth management clients positions us to better understand their needs.

By learning more deeply about new and emerging social ecosystems, social business models, and social buyer cycles, B2B business leaders can be better informed on the future direction of their organization.

In our experiences strong sales leaders are more willing to give up some salary for a big performance - based payday, so a good rule of thumb is to negotiate a salary that is an average of their last three years «guaranteed income.

And, as the current leader in the space, Netflix has a good shot at accruing more than its fair share of profits as home entertainment morphs into an internet - based service over the coming decades.

Our educational and political leaders keep suggesting that bringing people together from diverse backgrounds — whether it is racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, or some combination of the above — makes for better schools, more effective workplaces, and even morally superior environments.

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has offered his «best wishes» to a team of cyclists travelling... More

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Some of those leaders made efforts to shame the bloggers at the time, but when pressed, they had no more personal knowledge of the situation than any other outsider, just the say - so of a more well - known EV leader.

Aren't these maybe good desires it's just because they're in the minds of leaders it's even more important that they get it right if possible.

After the Apostle had been called by Allah, the ulama — those leaders who were well - versed in Islam — recognized that there were two types of texts in the Qur» an: those which are clear and definite and those which could have more than one meaning.

The teaching that men are to be the «spiritual leaders» of their homes is found nowhere in Scripture, and yet I — along with far too many young evangelical women — spent hours upon hours fretting over this in college, worrying I'd never find a guy who was more knowledgeable about the Bible than I, who was always more emotionally connected to God than I, who was better at leading in the church than I, and who consistently exhibited more faithfulness and wisdom than I. (In fact, under this paradigm, I came to see many of my gifts as liabilities, impediments to settling down with a good «spiritual leader»!)

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He did the same thing when, much to the chagrin of the religious leaders, he dined with tax collectors and prostitutes and told his more well - to - do hosts that «when you give a banquet, invite the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed.»

The Need To Develop It remains strange that so many of the Church's leaders seem incurious to the opportunity of science for the Faith, as the potential impact of science on society (for good and ill) becomes ever more important with each passing year.