Sentences with phrase «of powerful change»

Dorcy's unfolding of powerful change agents is elegant.

Both expressed their profound stories of powerful change while emphasizing their continued commitment to giving back to the community.

More than 600 parents filled out the in - depth survey, and «out of that has come some of the powerful changes we are starting to see in our region,» SESEC Executive Director Erin Okuno said before sharing one example.

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«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same time, the motivation to fight for change.

The more the world feels the powerful effects of climate change and the longer we wait to reduce emissions the more attractive nuclear energy could become.

Decades of scientific investigation across multiple lines of evidence corroborate a powerful yet inconvenient truth: Human - caused global warming and climate change is real, and it's briskly accelerating as we dump more carbon into the atmosphere.

And it embodies the powerful wave of change that has swept the economy since the financial crisis — one that has broken down the barriers between «tech stocks» and the rest of the market.

«(I had) this dream that from a tiny acorn, the potential of a young person, could grow this massive oak tree... as Nelson Mandela said: «Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.»

Sororities see themselves as powerful agents of change at Yale.

The following day, one of the trainers, a bright, young, new - to - his - role superstar, gave me some powerful feedback: «Despite your experience in business and academia, you were open to changing your work and not just telling us «I'm an expert, this is what you need, now go train it.»

For those looking for a deep dive into the subject, there are long lists of skills to acquire or outlines of multistep training programs to follow, but if you're more interested in simple but powerful changes that you can make today, a recent post on blog Dumb Little Man is for you.

This is one of the more powerful free photo editing software options out there, with features like retouching and the ability to change hair color, doodle over top of images, add different elements, and more.

While the Opsis board isn't a mainstream device by any stretch, the fact that it's creator was able to build a niche device and sell it on a crowdfunding site using what is essentially a custom chip is a powerful testament to how the democratization of FPGAs could change things.

McKinsey noted that one of the most powerful ways to communicate and ride the waves of change is for the organization to have a clear and shared «change story».

It's a stunningly fast fall — and one that suggests there may be some kind of sea change in how women who allege sexual harassment by powerful men are treated.

The book's purpose is twofold: to explain how notions of leadership have changed in recent decades (with flat organizations, a more democratic world and individual - empowering technology, leaders — surprise — are not as powerful as they used to be), and to expose the faults — and propose some fixes — for her own industry.

As a result of their remarkable generosity, philanthropy in 2016 is poised to stand alongside government and business as one of the most powerful forces influencing social change.

The fact of the matter is when you talk about central banks, you're talking about powerful institutions rooted in their own management styles and tradition (even if the latter has just now seen a very unusual break) and it's not likely that one person can radically change things, even if he or she wanted to.

Using the powerful story of shipping magnate Malcolm McLean, Gladwell revealed how having the right attitude is critical to effecting great change.

In the past few years, a new technological ecosystem built around Google's dominance in Web search and its decision to offer powerful software tools at no charge, has changed the economics of doing business on the internet.

This is a quote from the book that captures the powerful positive feeling you get from this book about the opportunity we all have to live in the present and to act, to create positive change in your life and the lives of others.

He cofounded a security - software business, he has developed innovative products, and he has driven computer - security changes at some of the most powerful companies in the country.

This one is all about «the science of habits — how we form them, change them, and why they are so powerful,» says Weinschenk.

Not only that, but by designing their offices, Kuwabara is quite literally changing how some of world's most powerful people work.

A good deal of persuasion depends on establishing trust over time, but the kind that takes place in an instant — defusing a tense situation, or changing somebody's mind — is particularly powerful.

According to research from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, taking a fresh start can have a powerful psychological effect that leads to positive behavioral change.

Fortune and Time gathered 100 global chief executives yesterday in lower Manhattan for a day of powerful conversations about how the private sector can do well by doing good — which, as Fortune subscribers know, is the theme of our annual Change the World issue.

The statement on Thursday comes amid a growing debate over the use of powerful new gene editing tools in human eggs, sperm and embryos, which have the power to change the DNA of unborn children.

He said a recent name - and - shame U.S. list of rich and powerful Russians means the oligarchs now face a life - changing choice.

The premise behind the program is that business is one of the most powerful engines of change which can move countries to greater prosperity.

In 2011, at the age of 22, not long after creating a literally powerful, game - changing ball — and while juggling a full course load at Harvard University — Matthews went all in and singlehandedly launched Uncharted Play, her inaugural social enterprise, around the unique toy.

Without a powerful motivation you will not make the required changes in yourself and master the tricky balance of being selfish enough to be a driven entrepreneur and selfless enough to lead people to sign up for your dream.

Jill Konrath, three - time best - selling author and sales methodology expert, joins us to talk about why a sale equals a change in the status quo for the customer, why experimentation is powerful and necessary in today's sales culture, and why sales is no longer a numbers game but a game of learning more and learning more efficiently.

Those changes are aimed at shoring up its important tire and auto parts business, as well as smoothing crucial relations with its powerful store owners and cutting costs, ahead of U.S. discounter Target Corp. opening its first Canadian stores in March.

The last thing I'll say is third, what I'm going to call «volatility navel - gazing,» because it can cause us to lose focus on what's most powerful for investors, and that's the persistent and unrelenting force of technological change in the future.

In times of annual deficits, the debt ceiling is another powerful tool that Congress has to effect potential changes to the President's budget plan.

I also look forward to giving voice to the Stoneman Douglas survivors and their powerful message of change.

I know my earlier book Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First has changed lives, and this book not only expands and amplifies those powerful concepts under a specifically eco-friendly lens, its also going to reach a lot more people because it has the support and power not only of my personal network, but also the resources of both a big NYC publisher (John Wiley & Sons) and my superstar co-author, Mr. Guerrilla Marketing himself, Jay Conrad Levinson — the man who brought us not only all the Guerrilla Marketing books but also Uniteds Friendly Skies, Allstates Good Hands, and even the Marlboro Man.

Today, we know that when building an organization that can maintain high - performance throughout changing business conditions, the two fundamental building blocks of inclusion and transparency are powerful competitive advantages.

It's a practical guide that offers you pertinent and powerful techniques for coping with conflict, pressure, and change - the three greatest sources of stress for workers worldwide.

2014.11.26 RBC leaders honoured as Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners Each year, the Women's Executive Network (WXN) honours strong women leaders who have become agents of change in reshaping Canadian organizations at the highest levels.

As with most such things, culture is one of a company's most powerful assets right until it isn't: the same underlying assumptions that permit an organization to scale massively constrain the ability of that same organization to change direction.

An equally unprecedented wave of complex risks, from climate change to cyber threats, calls into question the value of citizenship in even the most powerful economies in the world.

Bitcoinist.net · May 3, 2018 · 6:30 am Big news in the crypto world — NAGA and Ontology have announced the start of a long - term strategic partnership to commence a significant and powerful change in...

The most powerful driver of change in 1986 was stories about corporations reporting huge profits to shareholders on their 10k and then paying no taxes.

By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News Voice can be a powerful lever for change, said Adam Grant, bestselling author and professor at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

In British Columbia, we see the effects of climate change in the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sector.

When people other than ourselves try to take control of our spirituality, or change our history, or make us into something we are not — that has powerful meaning to Jewish people.

It's not that I don't feel like I can, I can... but is that in the vocabulary of the one who I worship, if it's not then why would I as His Son want to take on what is not His, my Father's nature... The versions of the Bible I've read seem to think that words are powerful and speaking them is an action and can even change physics if used properly... Again, the scriptures speak for themselves and circumventing the topical study with christiany cliche come - backs doesn't answer or annul anything that the Word has to say on the matter.

Since the human genome was decoded in 2003, researchers have been developing a powerful method for comparing the genomes of patients and healthy people, with the hope of pinpointing the DNA changes responsible for common diseases.