Sentences with phrase «much of a change agent»

With three months left in Thomas W. Payzant's decade - long tenure as superintendent of the Boston schools, those charged with finding a successor are getting an earful from scholars, community groups, and civic leaders as they consider how much of a change agent the district needs.

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These constantly repeated messages have been shown to be effective agents of social change: not so much by producing direct change in individual behaviour, but by slowly affecting perceptions of social reality and meaning which underlie behaviour.

Not sure why Ox changed to him, but I think the agent thinks about his own future, as much as his players future.The problem is, any of these other clubs he moves to, he will be expected to be be available, and if not, will rapidly drop down the pecking order.

If Labour wants to convince people it is an agent of change, it needs to show as much.

By a margin of 63 - 23, poll respondents said the AG is someone who'll help clean up Albany rather than too much a part of its dysfunctional culture to be truly effective as a change agent.

It's the byproduct of branding himself as a progressive change agent and watching as a presidential candidate who is the avatar of much of what he stands for, and hopes to achieve, surges onward.

At 17, with all the changes that are taking place, the strange hormones running through your body, and agents of change, I think that all of Erica «s bad behavior comes from the fact that she feels very much out of control which desperately scares her.

The unions show no genuine evidence of endorsing reform measures, however much their leaders may pose as agents of change.

Bryan and his team have spent much time in the trenches of education leadership, including helping urban districts to expand their principal pipelines, evaluate leader effectiveness, and equip change agents to turn around schools.

I was very surprised how much I learned about my research topic as it was developing but I was more surprised to realize how much I wanted to join a reform movement such as CCSA's team of knowledgeable change agents.

The focus is all on the needs of the participants — on both getting as much as possible out of the day and developing a networked community of teachers who work to help each other strengthen their skills, become change agents in their schools, and stay current in the field — all with the goal of improving student outcomes across all types of schools in all regions of the country and the world.

After logging my dozens and dozens of rejections, slogging through a really painful experience with an agent that wasted three years I could have been releasing books, and with the markets changing so much, I finally realized what I had to do.

Tim Knowlton: So much of [what's going on in digital] has been amazing... I'd say that awful lot of what it has changed about agenting is about information access.

You may have to spend a decent chunk of change to go to a conference that features agents or editors in your genre, but you'll get so much more out of a face - to - face meeting than you will from sending a letter.

Andrews labours hard to create some one - sided consensus based on «agents» of change who would change the system in very little incremental steps, so much so that change is visible but with very little content and has a corresponding impact.

The commission compensates the agent or broker for the time spent advising you on how much and what type of life insurance to buy, for facilitating the application process, and for any further service that's needed in future years to keep the policy up - to - date (such as changing beneficiary designations, arranging policy loans or coordinating your financial plans with your lawyer and accountant).

Talking to an agent can help you determine how to account for changes in the replacement cost of your home and how much dwelling coverage to choose for your policy.

Review your policy to brush up on how much coverage you have in place for your dwelling and personal property, and contact your agent if you want to discuss changing the amount of coverage you have in place.

After all, the real estate agent's role has changed dramatically in the last 15 years to focus more on helping customers interpret real estate information — much of which they've gathered themselves — to make more informed buying and selling decisions.

If there's even the slimmest possibility that the seller might change their plans and not sell after a period of time on the market, and after the agent has expended much time, effort and expense, then I feel that the rate should be higher to compensate for the risk.

This gives the agent a much greater understanding of what the consequences are if the customer doesn't make a change.

How much of that do you attribute to the way Realty ONE Group is changing agent habits and work ethics?

Liniger equates much of the success to the education and training RE / MAX agents pursued as market demands changed, including training to manage short sales, distressed properties and foreclosures.