Sentences with phrase «of policy leadership»

But the perspectives are seldom integrated in studies of policy leadership.

But in a new administration that had not filled senior Latin America posts at the State Department or on the NSC staff, many officials said there was a vacuum of policy leadership on the issue.

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Richard J. Reddick is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Stpolicy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American StPolicy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.

Accenture has also worked on ways to get more women into senior leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees who are new mothers and fathers).

A ROWE requires a solid foundation of policies and procedures, and mature, experienced leadership at the very top - which we lacked.

Ahead of a Bank of Japan leadership change, central bankers are considering the possibility of shifting policy closer to the quantitative easing campaign of the last decade, hoping it will give policy the kick demanded by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

«The triumph of «America first» as the primary driver of foreign policy in the world's only superpower marks a break with decades of US exceptionalism and a belief in the indispensability of US leadership, however flawed and uneven,» Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and Chairman Cliff Kupchan wrote in the firm's annual overview of top risks.

Employees were more burnt out, the actual number of days taken had declined, and the leadership team was paradoxically more stressed about vacation policy than before they instituted this supposedly anxiety - reducing initiative.

«I do not believe that any new policy decision is appropriate until that study is complete and thoroughly reviewed by the Secretary of Defense, our military leadership, and the Congress,» he said.

Reflecting on his leadership style, Eisenhower remarked, «I adopted a policy of circulating through the whole force to the full limit imposed by my physical considerations.

In essence, it has assumed a leadership role in Washington's largest foreign - policy initiative of the 21st century: the «Global War on Terror.»

Pay equity practices come from a combination of payroll audits, committed leadership and policies that promote equality and diversity in the workplace.

Brad Herald, vice president Western Canada operations for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said individual cases before tribunals or the courts will become the testing group for workplace - related cannabis policies, absent government leadership.

The company has since introduced an animal welfare policy across its global operations — a move that Saputo says he hopes will enable them to assume a «leadership role» in more humane treatment of livestock.)

Richard J. Reddick, associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas, writes for Fortune that some people of color might be cynical about Starbucks» response to the crisis that was precipitated by a store manager calling the cops on two black men sitting at a table (after a mere couple of minutes of them not buying anything.)

«If this misguided policy is not reversed,» the authors wrote, «America is at risk of losing its leadership position in one of its most important sectors, one that will shape the world in the twenty - first century.

Conference Board of Canada The Conference Board builds leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and organizational performance.

So it came as a particularly harsh blow to advocates of work - life balance when Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly scrapped the company's ROWE policy earlier this year, calling it «fundamentally flawed from a leadership standpoint.»

Endorsed by chief executives, the UN Global Compact is a leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible corporate policies and practices.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

As a Director of Economic and Energy Affairs for an Abu Dhabi based Authority, Abdulla leads a team that conducts targeted research and provides strategic economic policy advice to the senior leadership of two distinctive authoritative bodies within the capital.

Trudeau's minority lasted as long as it did thanks to support from the New Democratic Party (in return for the implementation of some NDP policies), while Harper's was aided by disarray in the opposition Liberal Party — Paul Martin's resignation, a lengthy and divisive leadership convention, and the unwillingness of the new leader, Stephane Dion, to defeat Harper until the Grits had begun to reduce their party and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green Shift).

[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience factor [19:50] The habitual and environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20] Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating meaningful work and meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth of the top 1 % of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?

Award recipients are selected based on their impact on the growth of WBEs; creation of policies, procedures or initiatives that increase opportunities for WBEs; and innovative and inspirational leadership on behalf of women business owners and their companies.

Should the federal government continue to abdicate leadership in key policy issues of health care, pension reform, Aboriginal issues, education and research, and modernizing Canada's infrastructure?

Trump's habit of relentlessly deferring to GOP congressional leadership on policy issues is disappointing if you were a true believer in Trumpism, but sort of vaguely reassuring if you found the idea of installing a narcissistic rage - holic in the Oval Office alarming.

A policy committee, comprised of senior members of MSCI's index research team and firm leadership, have the final say on methodology and market classification questions.

A policy committee, comprised of senior members of MSCI's index research team and firm leadership, has the final say on methodology and market classification questions.

He drives and oversees the continuous renewal of key processes, systems and policies across the company in client relationship management, sales effectiveness, delivery excellence, quality, talent management and leadership development.

The immediate issues had been to contain further scandals involving MANNAFORT's commercial and political role in Russia / Ukraine and to limit the damage arising from exposure of former TRUMP foreign policy advisor, Carter PAGE's secret meetings with Russian leadership figures in Moscow the previous month.

The Board believes that this leadership structure improves the Board's ability to focus on key policy and operational issues and helps the Company operate in the long - term interests of shareholders, while maintaining a strong, independent perspective.

MLI's Inside Policy Blog brings you the best in policy thought leadership and analysis of breaking issues from across Canada and around the Policy Blog brings you the best in policy thought leadership and analysis of breaking issues from across Canada and around the policy thought leadership and analysis of breaking issues from across Canada and around the world.

The leadership structure of our Board of Directors includes (i) a combined Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) independent, active and effective directors of equal importance and rights, who all have the same opportunities and responsibilities in providing vigorous oversight of the effectiveness of management policies and (iii) a Lead Independent Director.

We strongly encourage the involvement of community leadership, recognizing that both the development of practical policies and their successful implementation will require adjustments and a tailoring to local conditions.

If there is a silver lining to be found in any of this, it just might be that the legislative branch of our government might be compelled to stop passing the buck to unelected members of the Fed and reassert its policy leadership role on behalf of Main Street rather than just Wall Street.

NAFTA negotiations under his leadership will likely yield a continuation of the status quo with minor tweaks to address changes in the economy — such as the digital economy and new energy policy.

Now, a once - in - a-decade leadership shift is getting in the way of the stimulus - happy policies to which investors became accustomed.

Here is an excerpt: «The NDP in 1991 was not in a good position given the depth of the recession underway, the implacable anti-inflationary obsession of the central bank then still under the leadership of the zealous zero inflation policies of John Crow and the implacable opposition of the financial press.

In fact, if combined with bold new policy leadership, we would be entering a new era of growth and investment opportunities.

The USBLN Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) serves as a B2B thought leadership forum providing policy and program guidance to the USBLN Board of Directors.

Take away: The meeting, coming after a new leadership in the Communist Party was installed last month, and as China marks the 40th anniversary of» reform and opening up» policies, could prove to be much more important than previous ones.

What makes this article interesting is that these Ministers of Finance admit that the barriers to implementing policy reforms are not economic but lack of «political leadership and courage».

The current weakness in the British pound will keep Governor Mervyn King from tampering with present policy, and, with a new Governor of the BOE in July, it makes no sense to expend any type of easing before the change of leadership unless some new crisis emerges.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

Advocacy: Influence and benefit from policy that informs three levels of government of the needs of gender diversity in leadership.

That, in itself, was an oddity in a country at a time it was becoming normal for government climate policies to be cooked up in the boardrooms of Calgary oil lobby groups, as happened with B.C.'s «climate leadership plan» under former premier Christy Clark's Liberal government.

Though Powell is thought to favor a lighter touch on financial regulation than current Fed Chair Janet Yellen, his nomination provided re-assurance to market participants that her relatively predictable approach and dovish tendencies on monetary policy would be maintained during the transition of the Fed's leadership.

In America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership of the conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across the country.

On policy, 2018 could see new leadership at the Bank of Japan and will see new leadership at the Fed.

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