Sentences with phrase «on boardroom»

Still, its sophisticated looks mean it's just as much at home on the boardroom table as it is peeping out from the pocket of your skinny jeans.

Kate is regularly involved with advising on boardroom bust - ups and the enforceability of post termination restrictions in employment contracts.

Our litigation team have significant experience in advising on boardroom disputes, severance claims, discrimination and breach of contract claims, settlement negotiations and all types of labour - related disputes.

Head of department Katherine Maxwell is an employment specialist with expertise on boardroom and shareholder disputes, TUPE issues and redundancy programmes.

While inside, one of the three replaced Jamshed Bharucha's portrait with Peter Cooper's portrait on the boardroom walls.

But if you might learn something other than who was caught copulating on the boardroom table.

That's where Lindholm really excels as a story - teller: just as A Hijacking spent as much time focusing on the boardroom battles to free the captured vessel as the lives on board, A War devotes half of its runtime to studying the impact of Claus» call.

But he's like a trade union general secretary elected by the workers who faces a hostile executive or a company chairman constantly battling directors on the boardroom despite a mandate for reform from shareholders.

BP has defended its stance on boardroom pay, despite the rising ire among investors, who have seen the value of their shares drop by 24 % in the last year.

Not exact matches

He explains how the way you portray yourself — whether on social networks or in a boardroom — can impact how others perceive your value and the value of your company.

But equally powerful is the belief that on Wall Street and in boardrooms the sole responsibility of a corporation is to maximize profits for shareholders.

Whether on the race track or in the boardroom, Price could usually blow past the competition, no problem.

About a half - dozen members of Hydro One's senior team huddled around the long, rectangular table in the executive committee boardroom on the eighth floor of their downtown Toronto office.

While members have to sell 500 boxes of cookies to sit on the committee, the boardroom meeting is not just about their personal sales: The participating scouts are asked to collaborate and come up with ways to help the organization as a whole.

«Today, my gift to you is this — the future of equine fashion,» he says, as a horse wearing a pair of pants on his hind legs trots into the boardroom.

You can also add ambient noise to prepare you for potential distractions on the day of — the app features multiple settings to choose from, including boardrooms, interview rooms, and even a fake wedding party for best man or maid of honor speeches.

That's why he has written a book, on sale next month, called The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation.

It's hard to train your mind for both the rigidity necessary to come up with good blueprints and the flexibility to improvise when plans fall apart but, on the battlefield or in the boardroom, it is crucial.

***** What follows is based on a discussion held over lunch in the boardroom of the Des Moines Partnership on Monday, November 26, 2007.

Future - proofing the boardroom means preparing for the future with no regard for the individuals currently on the board.

When I left the boardroom of the Des Moines Partnership on the Monday after Thanksgiving, I had no clear sense of their allegiances.

How to live and work at the top of your game — in the boardroom, on the golf course, at the restaurant, on the road and everywhere in between.

And while solid colors rule in the boardroom, Bisio says a faint check in the shirt or subtle stripes on suit coats are suitable light touches.

Examining the influence of unconscious bias is by nature a self - reflective activity - something that has only recently caught fire in boardroom efforts to address disparities, but which has been alive and well in the hearts of accelerators, especially those focused on women entrepreneurs.

And it's going to help you in business, be it by a mixture of accounts on other corporate successes or failures and lessons on lean startups, or a 2,500 - year - old military tome that works just as well in boardrooms as war.

On Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, contestants get 60 seconds to pitch the next big product or service to a panel of investors, until the elevator stops at the boardroom floor.

Richard Branson has weighed in on why we need more women in the boardroom.

Sheryl Sandberg's book on inspiration and advice for women business leaders may someday be scripture on how to claim their rightful roles in the office and the boardroom.

The presentation also called out Mick McGuire, Marcato's founder and head, for his «track record of losses in the boardroom,» citing his tenure on the boards of NCR, a consumer technology company, and Borders, the now defunct bookstore.

But their actions have landed on near - deaf ears in the Nabors» boardroom.

You're lucky if you get a few minutes of focused attention before someone in the boardroom begins to check their email on their phone.

The news that Schwarzenegger would be taking over in the boardroom of the Celebrity Apprentice was broken on Twitter by CNBC:

«If you're in the boardroom talking about automation, you also need to talk about the human impact and put your employees on top of the list.»

The deal comes months after an activist investor won seats on the restaurant's board following a bitter boardroom battle.

Better Consumer Understanding If you don't have somebody with a diverse viewpoint in your boardroom then you very likely don't have your finger on the pulse of a demographic group you purport to serve if somebody's not advocating for that position.

Whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom, these principles will ensure victory in the face of adversity.

However, the importance of having Peter in place as the Technical Director, providing focus and a direct channel from the boardroom table to the work on the ground in Bougainville, has resulted in this change ahead of further appointments.»

Tanium recently released the results of a survey centered on cybersecurity expertise in corporate boardrooms as well.

The Swiss vote was part of a general attack on corporate largesse in Europe, where government austerity has fed a desire to limit Wall Street - style excess in corporate boardrooms.

Options on the budgetary table include narrowing the pay equity gap, ensuring more gender equality in boardrooms, easing access to capital for female entrepreneurs and opening up more funding opportunities for female scientific researchers.

In the boardroom and on the potato field, McCain wants its people to feel and act like family, and for the most part, they do.

Meanwhile, the ISS report also finds that diversity in global boardrooms has also been improving, particularly in the U.K., where female representation on the boards of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange FTSE 350 jumped almost 8 percentage points in six years to hit 18.5 % in 2014.

Truth be told, Newman wasn't big on planning, which is evident by a sign that used to hang in his office and now hangs in the boardroom: «If we had a plan, we'd be screwed.»

We're particularly keen on the line's straight and double - breasted suits, as well as its three - button jackets in tones of grey, navy, chrome green and black, perfect for the boardroom look.

There are a lot of similarities between success on the golf course and success in the boardroom.

With the right perspective, shared and demanding experiences — whether they be out in the wild or on a muddy obstacle course — can dramatically transform what you bring to the boardroom and the workplace.

HOW TO DEAL: The golf course is often called the outdoor boardroom, but Post says that's less about sealing deals than «establishing relationships that you can build business on from there.»

There's little research on the impact of the number of MBAs in the boardroom, but a growing amount of evidence suggests that a lack of diversity can hurt a company.

Deutsche Bank is seeking to replace Chief Executive John Cryan amid an intensified boardroom row over the bank's future and alarm at its performance, the Times newspaper reported on Monday.

«There's nothing worse than when you're excited on your first day and someone puts you in a boardroom to fill out paperwork,» Brennan says.