Sentences with phrase «on strategic direction»

Lisa Damiani has made a strong impact on the strategic direction of New Gold since joining the company two years ago.

The following sections provide more information on our strategic direction, core values, partner organizations, current staff members and available career opportunities at PCIC.

How clear is the training team on the strategic direction and goals of the organization overall and in various departments (IT, Marketing, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, etc.)?

«We were committed to providing the remainder of the investment to support Siren's expansion, and sent our consultant to work with the team on their strategic direction.

The red meat industry provides MLA with advice on strategic direction for a wide range of programs including marketing, research and development.

«These grants focus on strategic directions that may not otherwise be pursued through the usual mechanisms of investigator initiated grants.»

Randy Reisinger, Senior Advisor on strategic directions and manager of CalCars» conversion projects.

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But one start might be installing a paid board with deep knowledge of the football industry, which would set the strategic direction for team CEO Oscar Grau, rather than relying on unpaid directors to oversee operations, as Barça does now.

Leaders often overestimate how much people know about the strategic direction of their organizations, especially when they are run on a top - down, «need to know basis.»

Gerdes, who is more than a mere perambulatory Rolodex, has the inside dish on the strategic focus of the various and diffuse fiefdoms within the Microsoft realm and in fact probably knows more about Microsoft's strategic direction than many Microsoft employees.

Of the 370 business leaders and 161 IT leaders surveyed, 76 % of business leaders and 77 % of IT leaders agreed with the statement: «When it comes to IT, we are spending more time keeping the lights on than thinking about strategic direction of the business»:

But McMillon, who serves on a different White House business council, the President's Strategic and Policy Forum, said Trump's comments Monday «were a step in the right direction, and we need that clarity and consistency in the future.»

As the chief visionary of Memphis Meats, Uma Valeti sets the strategic direction and oversees the development of clean meat technologies with a focus on commercialization.

Itâ $ ™ s a bit early on to be defining strategy for the show, but if I were to assign a theme to the strategic direction (and I elaborated on this on the SES blog) â $ œit takes a village.â $

Keynote speaker Thom Ruhe, NC IDEA FOUNDATION President & CEO, will share his insight on NC IDEA's strategic funding direction and the state of North Carolina entrepreneurship.

It's something we actually live minute - by - minute when we bring on a new property management contract, run the numbers on an apartment community we're thinking about buying, or map out the strategic direction for our company in the coming year.

Developed by search engine industry legend Danny Sullivan and social media guru Neil Patel, the agenda for this event mixes strategic direction with plenty of practical advice sessions ranging from social news to social bookmarking to social networking with a double dose of Wikipedia on day two.

Uncertainty reigns on how to shape future company strategic direction.

We provide strategic direction based on hundreds of successful programs.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

Woolworths CEO Grant O'Brien unveiled a new strategic direction only weeks before falling on his sword in June, triggering a global search for his replacement.

These Committee members drive the strategic direction of comprehensive areas of study focusing on the most critical issues affecting the foodservice industry today.

Nosheen has over 7 years of experience with non-profit management, focusing on capacity building, budgeting, working with diverse donors, and developing the strategic direction of programs.

The Leadership Council, as required by the Department of Defense, will focus on the strategic planning and technical direction of the institute while the governance board will help oversee and implement business outreach and economic development strategy.

But this doesn't mean that the party is painting on a blank canvas: David Cameron, George Osborne and David Willetts have all made major speeches on childcare during the last year, and mapped out the strategic direction in which we're travelling.

In this regard, the defence spokesman said, «the Chief of Defence Staff held a Briefing session with the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, the Theatre Commander and Senior Principal Staff Officers of the military high command at the Military Command and Control Centre on 1st August 2017, on the reviewed strategic direction and operational plans, in compliance to the directive of the Acting President.

He lauded the Governing Board, Executive Management and Staff of the Centre for their strategic direction and hard work, noting especially the tireless efforts by staff of the Training Department who worked directly with GIZ and the Consultants on the adaptation of the elearning model.

Since the beginning of the Eleventh Five - Year Plan, the school has adhered to major strategic demands of national defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial awards.

Board members review scientific and technical progress, advise the Center on current developments in the field, assist Center leadership with strategic directions for device development, and annually review progress toward goals and deliverables.

External Scientific and Strategic Advisory Boards provide the Hub with a broad perspective on JCAP's R&D program accomplishments, direction, and strategy.

Provide strategic guidance on the major directions of research in RICE, acting primarily as the highest level scientific advisory board.

The hearing included testimony by Ron Sega, who was vice-chair of a National Research Council (NRC) report on NASA's Strategic Direction that was released the week prior to the hearing.

«A fire burns harder when we all add some tinder,» he said, urging countries to agree on a new strategic direction that will lead to ecological restoration.

Given the film's reportedly chaotic development, there's probably five times as much fascinating footage as we get in a tantalizing selection of «Deleted Scenes» (12:22, SD), but we're given trims that compliment the finished product: CIA Director Ezra Kramer (Scott Glenn) testifying before Congress and firing Landy, a slaying on the streets of Spain, Ross getting a point in the right direction, Bourne attempting to squeeze information from a contact, extra footage from the Waterloo Station sequence, two strategic pow - wows between Landy and Vosen, and Bourne seeing off Parsons.

Ashish coordinated India's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process, served on Greenpeace International's Board and chaired Greenpeace India's Board, served as co-chair of the IUCN Strategic Direction on Governance, Equity, Communities, and Livelihoods (TILCEPA), on the Steering Committees of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the CBD Alliance, and the ICCA Consortium.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

Denver should take stock, reflect on what has worked and adjust for a strategic direction that will allow the district to reach the district's own 2020 goals.

Her emphasis on teamwork across schools and organizational units was a key element of her strategic agenda to develop greater consensus and coordination focused on directions for improvement and alignment with state and local goals.

Scott Montgomery, ACT's vice president of strategic initiatives, says that ACT's work on next - generation assessments started in 2009 — «a direction that ACT planned to take all along.»

In June, she convened a diverse group of about 30 participants with strong interests in gifted kids from all over Minnesota representing parents, legislators, public and private school educators and administrators to work on «New Directions: Gifted Education in Minnesota Vision and Strategic Planning.»

Provide strategic direction and oversight to ESC on behalf of DOT as a Federal Shared Service Provider designated by OMB to provide financial systems and accounting services to other Federal agencies on a cost - reimbursement basis.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

This meeting would provide stockholders with the ability to exercise their fundamental right to vote on Avigen's strategic direction.

It's something we actually live minute - by - minute when we bring on a new property management contract, run the numbers on an apartment community we're thinking about buying, or map out the strategic direction for our company in the coming year.

With more than a decade of experience in tax operations and 25 years in information technology, Pickering is responsible for the strategic direction and management for a team of the nation's top experts on tax issues.

As a senior multi-asset class portfolio strategist for Charles Schwab, Jake Gilliam is regularly called on to help formulate the strategic direction and management of multi-asset class portfolios across Charles Schwab Investment Management and Charles Schwab Bank.

All funded partners must demonstrate and report on program impact as it aligns to United Way's strategic direction, in further ensuring that funded programs are enabling us to deliver on our mission to end poverty.

As Associate Director of the Center for Shelter Dogs, Seana helps set the Center's strategic direction and priorities, including research conducted by the Center on behalf of dogs in shelters.

These two roles will be paramount in helping us execute on our goals and drive the future strategic direction of the business.