Sentences with phrase «number of leaders»

So we've had lots of practicing lawyers talking about their interesting practice niches and we've had a number of leaders in the open access to law movement and the legal librarian movement talking about those topics.

Echelon Analytics is comprised of a number of leaders in the financial consulting area, including significant experience in intellectual property infringement damages.

A number of leaders in the energy / climate field, from Bill Gates to a group of British climate experts, have recently called for governments across the world to significantly increase spending on research and development (R&D) for clean energy technologies.

A number of leaders are calling on states to secede from the union once again — at least as it applies to the national environmental laws that are designed to protect public health and save money.

The biggest success I've seen is the number of leaders who have stood up in communities worldwide and have engaged with people personally.

Speakaboos has collaborated with a number of leaders in children's education and entertainment to create one of the largest catalogs of titles available.

By welcoming more talented and diverse leaders to our classrooms through programs like Teach For America, we're also increasing the number of leaders in our community with the knowledge and experience that comes from teaching in under - resourced communities.

A number of leaders from across the various education sectors also attended the event.

While Orange - Jones finds the rate of progress disappointing, she said she is inspired by the number of leaders eager to make a difference on this issue.

Fostering creativity and innovation is another new priority... The number of leaders citing innovation as a critical skill increased more than for any other skill.

This year, a record number of leaders from government, civil society, indigenous groups, business and academia converged on Oahu to discuss a «planet at a crossroads.»

«I have been in Parliament for 40 - odd years, I have seen a number of leaders coming along and they change it as they think,» Lord Prescott told Sky News.

«This week a number of leaders in the Working Families Party struck a deal with Governor Cuomo,» she said in a Sunday evening release.

Imagine that number of leaders in a F1 or WEC race?

Our number of leaders will be dwindling again if Arteta leaves.

Though it is difficult to document the exact degree of Revivalism's influence in encouraging a new ideology critical of British rule, it is nevertheless interesting to note the number of leaders and laity from the ranks of Revivalism who made common cause with the leaders of the Revolution.

There was a sense in which a number of the leaders and new converts in Revivalism had their sights fixed backwards upon a glorious past that was to be reconstituted, but it was equally true that even those older values were now seen by many in the context of a new age and a new epoch.

The liberation theologians also vary in the degree of their economic precision, though a number of their leaders have been substantially influenced by variants of Marxism.

A number of those leaders met with Bono before and during the summit and have credited him with making this agreement happen.

There are a countless number of leaders / pastors today who are turning to what their itching ears want to hear (cf. 2 Tim.

Next week the World Economic Forum (WEF) will host its 48th annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, drawing together a large number of leaders from governments (including President Trump), international organizations, business, academia, and civil society.

And that's exactly what a growing number of leaders and leading organizations from Airbnb and Pixar, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been doing: reducing their strategies to one sheet of paper.

The second challenge, faced by fewer, but still large numbers of leaders, is the conditions associated with diverse student populations (Riehl, in press).

Not exact matches

All three of its top leaders (called «emirs») have been killed since the group was founded, and, according to Jones, their numbers have almost been halved since their founding.

A remarkable number of them — people who say they value environmental action — openly share how they consider themselves leaders while in the same breath saying they haven't actually changed behavior conflicting with their values, but they're aware.

GE, a leader in 3D - printed aircraft engine parts, said it had produced 50 % of the parts needed for a helicopter engine, slashing the number of parts required from 900 to just 16, reducing the weight by around 60 % and cutting the related costs by 40 %.

Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

Coming in at number one is Inga Beale, the openly bisexual chief of Lloyd's of London and the first female leader in the insurance market's 327 - year history.

Kim Jong Un also became the first North Korean leader to ever cross over to South Korean soil before meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae - In for a number of closed - door meetings.

In particular, the sparring between Senators Cruz and Rubio, both of whom are now vying for the number two spot following Ben Carson's implosion in the polls, showed how political leaders need to use guile and their wits to win.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

The WE NYC advisory board includes a number of well - known women business leaders, including fashion designer Norma Kamali, Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, and Shelly Lazarus, former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather.

With almost three decades of experience of curating the global business conversation, CNBC remains the number one choice of the world's most powerful business leaders and investors.

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.

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.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

It was then, in 2006, that Laberge persuaded Richardson, his team leader and partner on a number of projects at Creo, to join the venture.

But a first read of the new draft (and, notably, it's still being called a «draft») and a number of skeptical lawmaker statements suggests this is one legislative rabbit that political wizard Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could have trouble pulling out of his hat.

As leaders, our job is to shift this number, which not only helps us keep good employees but also improves profitability of the business.

The world's business leaders are confident about going into 2017, despite the large number of political uncertainties, a survey shows.

Whether they're innate or learned, there are a number of signals and behaviors people use when they feel that they're a leader, or at least are trying to convince you that they are.

«You'll hear all kinds of defenses, but if they really want women and minorities as employees and leaders, why aren't their numbers higher?

While there's nothing wrong with enjoying the thrill that comes along with running a company that is performing at its very best and generating lots of sales, as a leader, it's important not to forget exactly who is making those numbers go through the roof — your employees.

Finnegan is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, in which I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can leverage to get ahead in 2018.

While just over half of them felt it is «wrong» when such wide income disparities occur, around the same number of business leaders felt income inequality shouldn't be viewed as a problem.

By adopting these 7 core beliefs shared by an increasing number of consumers, start ups, and business leaders, you can break the old profit - first cycle and crush it in the marketplace — all by simply putting people first.

In 2011, Enterprise Zimbabwe will help to arrange a number of trips to the country, so that entrepreneurs and leaders of charitable foundations can meet with Zimbabweans.

Stewart Butterfield, chief executive officer of workplace app Slack, and investor Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital were among a number of tech leaders matching individual donations to the ACLU.

It's cheap, it's more diversified than our domestic market and Japan is still a world leader in a number of sectors, such as cars and machinery.

And we have a growing number of business leaders realizing that well - rested employees are better employees.