Sentences with phrase «old leader of»

Prime Minister Stephen Harper — who has been in office nearly a decade and is derided by environmentalists for his climate and pro-oil positions — is in an intense political fight against Justin Trudeau, the 43 - year - old leader of the Liberal Party and son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

The Jim in question is Jim McMahon, the popular 35 - year - old leader of the town council, who is hoping to fight off Ukip and hold the seat following the death of Michael Meacher last month.

Lila Rose, the 21 - year - old leader of the group Live Action, posed as a 14 - year - old seeking an abortion who was told by a clinic employee that she could have someone with the same last name approve the procedure.

On that day, Polycarp, the eighty - six - year - old leader of the Christian church in Smyrna, was cruelly put to death by fire and sword because he refused to renounce Jesus Christ.

Corbyn, at 67, is the oldest leader of any of Britain's main parties since Michael Foot.

Not exact matches

(He's also the kind of leader who took the time to reply to a 6 - year - old boy who sent him a letter asking if a Navy SEAL is quieter than a ninja.)

The act of simplification is great for leaders because it encourages new ways of looking at old problems, and sets a standard of continuous improvement that can (and will) become infectious in your business or organization.

The leader in marijuana edibles in Colorado, the company is run by Nancy Whiteman, a 59 - year - old entrepreneur and mother of two.

Not many CEOs have engineered the kind of transformation that van Houten has executed at Philips, steering the 126 - year - old Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technoloold Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technoloOld World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technology.

Fisher, 38 years old at the time, was regarded as a wunderkind who had quickly risen through the ranks at Target's American command post in Minneapolis, from a lowly business analyst to leader of a team of 400 people across multiple divisions.

Widely viewed as one of the first tech leaders to come clean about what many now view as an epidemic in the industry, the 49 - year - old has become an outspoken advocate for openly addressing the still - touchy topic.

It is incredible that the Japanese public opinion, and the Japanese leaders, seem oblivious to these existential problems of an old and distinguished civilization.

In the beginning, the story in Animal Farm seems quirky at best: When the de-facto leader of the animals, Old Major, dies, two pigs called Snowball and Napoleon take over and see out his «vision», which they interpret to be the driving out of Mr. Jones, the farm owner.

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.

This 5 - year - old maker of enterprise data - storage equipment is taking on the industry's market - share leader — EMC — in the $ 24 billion corporate data - storage industry.

A former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, the 64 - year - old has no previous experience as a diplomat but nonetheless has had deep exposure to dealing with foreign leaders in countries with interests opposed to or in competition with those of the United States.

For his achievements, the 69 - year - old was named the region's Business Leader of the Year at CNBC's 14th Asia Business Leaders Award last month.

As a former Goldman Sachs VP and the founder of women's networking group 85 Broads, which paired young women with established execs, Hanson's been around both the old and new guard of female leaders.

He urged business leaders to shed the old metaphors of war and Darwinism.

«It's really frightening to me to think of all the wasted brain power, talent and leadership these young people represent around the world,» says Barbara Bush, the 31 - year - old daughter of George W. Bush and CEO of Global Health Corps, which pairs young fellows and leaders to different organizations.

In mid-March, as part of a world tour to promote the company's new menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business world.

Perhaps because of her education, or maybe because of her age (she's 12 years older than her sister), Gail presents herself as leader of the pack.

«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.

In September, the Dalai Lama, the 76 - year - old exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, released a statement that addressed questions over his «reincarnation» — or succession — plans, and laid out a long - term «strategy» for his holy enterprise.

I met with a much older industry leader who was selling a piece of land in Charlotte.

This is a big one, and a struggle for a lot of companies and older entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and business owners to understand.

News of her firing comes on the same day that Zimbabwe's 93 year - old Robert Mugabe, the last of the generation of African leaders to take over from colonial rule, has had his hold on power broken by army units loyal to his former bodyguard Emmerson Mnangagwa.

After reading my new book, Real Leaders Don't Follow, an old friend and business associate who's had a long and successful career, Ziv Azmanov, sent me an email that, among other things, does a pretty effective job of explaining what distinguishes real entrepreneurs from the pack:

The old notion of leaders as the smartest guys in the room has been replaced by authentic leaders with high EQs.

On the same day DowDuPont announced that longtime Dow Chemical leader Andrew Liveris would step down as executive chairman by the end of the month after a 14 - year tenure at the 121 - year - old company.

Like Sutphen, Charles Phillips, the 56 - year - old CEO of Infor, a $ 2.8 billion enterprise software firm, has an informal network of his own — a supper club of two dozen business leaders and professionals, most of whom prefer to remain anonymous, who have raised millions of dollars for causes they care about.

Sharon Kraun, former sustainability practice leader at Cohn, Overstreet & Parish Integrated Marketing in Atlanta has had to rely on the good old - fashioned way of person - to - person networking particularly for her start - up Marketing Matters.

Mariah Jones, a 29 - year - old resident of the District who studies political science at George Washington University, said she thought Obama should have waited until after the final votes were cast in the primary contests to endorse — though she thought endorsements from top Democratic leaders were predictable.

Here's some business advice from a venerable old leader: «He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.»

The leader of the group, which consists mainly of 18 - to 34 - year - olds, even said that he would not shy away from working with Democrats to prevent Amazon from receiving subsidies.

«Experienced leaders are more likely to overestimate their abilities,» writes Eurich, «Similarly, older managers tend to misjudge their performance relative to their boss's ratings of them far more than their younger peers do.»

President Moon Jae - in met with Kim in the Demilitarized Zone in an event that was aired around the world last Friday, when the two leaders agreed to formally end the 68 - year - old Korean War and to work toward the «complete denuclearization» of the peninsula.

Yet the United Conservatives must themselves climb out of opposition before they can do anything about their external grievances; for now, some of the rhetoric seems oddly misplaced, as if Kenney longs to fulfill an old dream of being federal opposition leader.

It's those kinds of comments that have earned Harper an image in the media as an inflexible ideologue - a phrase that pops up in virtually every media portrait of the 45 - year old Conservative leader.

Throughout history, leaders of old paradigms have struggled to embrace the new.

The failure to make the charges stick first time around, did not surprise many young Koreans; to them, this was another frustrating sign that they live in a culture of «elites but no leaders,» explained 28 - year - old recent law graduate, Kim Hae - il *, in an interview with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

The agreement Kim reached Friday with South Korean leader Moon Jae - in declared «a new era of peace» and sought a formal end to the seven - decade - old Korean War.

An amazing leader and the very first female CEO of the 100 + year old company, where I spent 18 of years of my career.

VICTORIA — New Democrat Leader John Horgan issued the following statement on the death of a 19 year old girl who just recently aged out of government care: «I woke up this morning to news that another young woman has died...

For the sector to start moving higher again, we are going to need to see a new set of leaders emerge, or the old leaders start moving higher again.

Industry leaders from around the globe, including Paige Bailey of Microsoft, Amanda B. Johnson of Dash, Dr. C Mohan of IBM, 16 - year - old «Crypto Price Tracker» app - developer Harshita Arora and many others, will speak on blockchain matters in AI, healthcare, the developing world, small and large enterprise, investing strategies, ICOs and DAICO's, hedge funds, fintech, venture capital, crypto economics, social welfare and industry disruption.

It's obvious that the Old Testament rules were made up by the community leaders — some for good reasons particular to that situation and others as a rather heavy - handed means of control.

Reverse mentoring connects older leaders with younger teachers, opening a path for enhancing the elder's practical relevance while the young draw from the wisdom and integrity of those who have been sustained by principle relevance for many years.

In the 1950s, J.D. Grey, a New Orleans pastor, said of Louie Newton, an older leader from Georgia, «Louie and his buddies have run this convention for too long, and I'm going to take it away from them»» which J.D. and his buddies did.

A voice of rationality from a 22 yr old who Fornic - tes — what a leader you have in her!