Sentences with phrase «of business leaders say»

The 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey found that 85 percent of business leaders say a state's litigation environment influences major business decisions, such as where to expand and hire.

The 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey that ILR released found that 85 percent of business leaders say a state's lawsuit environment influences major business decisions, such as where to expand and hire.

These executives say only 26 % of their work force is ready to learn new skills for new jobs, and about one in four of these business leaders say a key obstacle is that their employees are resistant to such training.

Meanwhile there's a big demand for products that can analyze large sets of data, with more than half of all business leaders saying data analysis is critical to their success, according to a recent report from Boston University.

While 36 percent of business leaders said the state is heading in the right direction, 31 percent said the state is on the wrong track and 21 percent say the state lacks direction.

RICHMOND - As long as America is addicted to air conditioning, flat - screen televisions and computers, there will be a need to burn fossil fuels to power the nation's electricity grids, a panel of business leaders said Monday.

Not exact matches

A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.

And I think as I said two years ago, I strongly believe that businesses and business leaders in America need to recognize that the rules of engagement have changed.

He's also stuck his neck out on LGBTQ issues, pushing fellow business leaders to take a stand against laws in the state of Indiana that critics say discriminate against gay and transgender people.

To move the conversation forward, Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America, said leaders must make clear that diversity is a business imperative and that message must be communicated clearly and consistently from the very top.

«We used a very, very sophisticated management strategy: You throw shit over the side till the boat floats,» says Yager, now national leader of oilfield services at MNP, a chartered accountancy and business consulting firm.

«I believe leaders of business in Canada need to be bolder,» he says.

«We all know about the stresses that are going on in this city at $ 40 - a-barrel oil,» he said as he accepted the Distinguished Business Leader Award from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and the Haskayne School of Business.

Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder says the tone of the national conversation has become too pessimistic, challenging business leaders to embrace the opportunities created by Australia's strong

Given the lack of preparation, it's not surprising that only one - quarter of family businesses succeed in transferring ownership and control to the second generation, and only 11 % make it to the third, says Michelle Osry, Canadian leader of Deloitte's family enterprise consulting group.

Jamison Nesbitt, founder of Cyber Senate, a community of global cybersecurity business leaders, echoed experts» beliefs who said that the IoT is «the main cybersecurity risk for 2015.»

The consequence, says John Ruffolo, Deloitte's global thought leader for technology, media and telecommunications, is that «a lot of these companies had to bootstrap themselves and focus in on developing their business model.»

Xavier Garcia Albiol, leader of Rajoy's PP in Catalonia, has said of the 21 December elections: «The choice is simple: do you want businesses and jobs or roadblocks in the name of independence?»

You know, I've had people say, «Don't get too close to your employees,» because if you connect in a deep way, it makes it very difficult to exercise your duties as the leader of the business.

«It's hard to put your hand into a car's engine when the car is still running, but that's what disruptive innovation is — changing the way things are done before your business is backed into a corner,» said Williams, who spoke to a crowd of 800 business leaders at the World Innovation Forum in New York City last week.

Howard Schultz, the leader of Starbucks, said on Thursday he would step down as chief executive next year, handing over to his personally selected successor the management of the company he built into the world's largest coffee business, with over 25,000 stores in 75 countries.

«Rand has always said that he wanted to be a leader on the message of the Republican Party, and that means talking about old ideas that were part of the party's original message, and introducing new ideas that might help the party broaden its appeal to groups that may have been left out of the conversation,» Doug Stafford, Paul's Senate chief of staff, told Business Insider.

On the whole, business leaders say that, given the global scope of the recession, the Conservatives have so far met the challenges of improving the economy and managing the deficit as wellas can be expected.

Linda McMahon, the co-founder and former CEO of WWE selected to be the new leader of the Small Business Administration, said this week that she believed one of the key ways to help up - and - coming entrepreneurs pursue their ideas was to better educate them about money management.

The world's biggest maker of semiconductors, televisions and smartphones replaced the leaders of its three main businesses, named CFO Lee Sang - hoon as the likely new board chairman, and said veteran co-CEOs J.K. Shin and Yoon Boo - keun would resign.

«I am concerned about the actual use of the funds when it reaches those to whom it is intended,» says one business leader.

The robot's main camera, called JunoCam, will beam back new images of the Great Red Spot around July 14, Scott Bolton, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute and the Juno mission's leader, said in an email to Business Insider.

Nassetta also said that he was in the «optimistic bunch» of U.S. corporate leaders looking forward, citing the beginning stages of a turnaround in a key portion of his business — corporate travel.

At a White House meeting of business leaders earlier this year, President Trump said that JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, was going to explain why Dodd - Frank should be repealed and replaced.

Armed with designers from CannonDesign, «developing «the story» of Follett's business evolution became the inspiration for the workplace, as well as the change management trigger that has cultivated the connection among their employees,» said Meg Osman, the Client Leader for the Follett transformation.

But he also, at the time, said he would be open to renegotiating the deal, which was agreed by nearly 200 nations over the course of years — drawing ridicule from world and business leaders who said that would be impossible.

Sandberg said more business owners and leaders need to be aware of that bias and should focus on hiring more women in leadership roles.

«This will place us in a position us to accelerate our expansion plans by twelve to eighteen months and as a result will elevate Online Advantage to the major league as a partner of one of the top three or four market leaders in business to business e-commerce space,» Mr Jones said.

Meanwhile, 37 percent of recent grads rated their own personal preparation level as a C or below, and 35 percent of business leaders and recruiters said even millennials they had hired rated as such.

Says Mitch Roschelle, partner and real estate advisory leader of PWC, about the top second - tier cities: «Survey respondents told us that there are two key drivers that enable small business success: lower cost of doing business and access to skilled talent.»

«Business leaders can not be bystanders,» he says, adding that he's concerned that the Occupy Wall Street movement is a harbinger of social unrest.

Wharton said that the new MBA program is the result of interviews with «thousands of Wharton's stakeholders,» including students, alumni, business leaders, recruiters, faculty, and staff.

More than 60 % of the business leaders felt the weakening financial situation down south would have a modest impact on Canada, while 34 % said the effect would be substantial.

«Unless business leaders understand the future of their employee base is not willing to accept the unequal environment that has perpetuated in the past,» Hyman said, «they're not going to be around in the future.»

Meeting with leaders of various business interest groups at the White House, Trump said he wanted the House to pass a bill by Thanksgiving and final approval by the end of the year.

While a financial safety net is certainly handy, Said says having support from a network of credible entrepreneurs and business leaders is just as important.

«Everyone prefers leaders who are exposed to global business practices, and supply is limited,» says Kandula, so companies across a broad array of industries compete for the same people.

There are only expenses,» said Joel Block, CEO of the real estate hedge fund Bullseye Capital, adding that many too many business leaders view their operations too narrowly.

Says Rick Voirin, the chairman of Stagen, a leadership training firm, and a former board member of Conscious Capitalism: «It pains John that business leaders are thought of so lowly.»

Grant, of the Wharton School, says businesses must stop assuming that if someone is an introvert, he or she is «therefore probably not likely to succeed as a leader.»

While extreme cases of the Hannibal Lecter variety exist, Dutton says that degrees of psychopathy are scattered across the general population — and may account for the intense charisma, persuasiveness and confidence shown by some of our most talented politicians, surgeons and business leaders.

Rudy DeFelice, head of new market opportunities at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, located just outside Yosemite, says outdoor adventure activities are replacing golf and country clubs as the venue of choice for young deal makers and business leaders.

«The brave and assiduous oversight by congressional leaders in discovering this unprecedented abuse of process represents a giant, historic leap in the repair of America's democracy,» Page said in a statement to Business Insider

Leaders of global firms operating in China say doing business there has become far more difficult in the five years since Xi became president.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.