Sentences with phrase «one feels threatened»

«We just want to create a community where people feel at ease, where they do not feel threatened, and we just don't see guns fitting into that equation,» Ms. Herd said.

However, as a small local business you can either feel threatened or see it as an opportunity.

When a team had workers who were proactive and offered ideas for improving the business, for instance, an extroverted leader felt threatened, whereas the introverted leader was likely to listen more carefully and showed greater receptivity to suggestions.

Trump volunteered that he has it out for Amazon chief Jeff Bezos because «he's way richer than me and he admits to being bald, so I feel threatened on two levels.»

Advocates have suggested giving employees «panic buttons» that could immediately alert security personnel to intervene if an employee feels threatened by a guest.

As businesses take more aggressive steps to combat sexual harassment, a new report from Bloomberg reveals that some hotels are giving their housekeepers «panic buttons» they can press if they feel threatened by a guest.

These infringements don't go over well, as humans are biologically programmed to feel threatened when approached too closely.

But if you're responding to conflict in a negative way, or feeling threatened by a peer or subordinate, or letting life pressures from outside the job leach into the workplace, counselling in the short term can offer some insight into why you're acting the way you are.

You only want to swim for, like, 40 minutes, and because everyone is transiting through, no one feels threatened if you just go and have a chat with them.

Liars often feel threatened and put up «barriers» to protect themselves, such as placing a hand on the neck, over the stomach or over the groin.

Companies like FedEx now feel threatened that the president, determined to revitalize U.S. manufacturing, has potentially thrown their China operations into jeopardy, Cramer explained.

«I don't feel threatened at all,» Nassetta said about the merger, «Size does matter but we're certainly big enough, and I think size and quality in combination are what really will drive success.»

The researchers can't say exactly why that happened, but one possible reason is that high - performing female bosses may feel threatened by their low - performing female subordinates and worry that they themselves will be evaluated negatively through association with the struggling employees.

«Instead of feeling threatened by «showrooming,» retailers should study their customers» paths to purchase and use the insights gained to hone their online marketing efforts,» the company concluded.

Those staffers may feel threatened by a new strategy and try to undermine it.

When you are building awareness about why a status quo needs to be disrupted, you will have adversaries who feel threatened by the change you are proposing.

They're less likely to feel threatened by any can'ts or have - tos if you show you get what they're feeling.

Considering all the guff women have bravely endured over the years, it seems to me that any man who feels threatened by a powerful woman, can't take criticism from a woman, or can't tolerate the merest suggestion of female superiority is just being wussy.

If one party feels threatened by the authority, aggression or some other advantage of the other, it's a major barrier to authentic communication.

But remember, the goal is to have people on your team be able to argue without feeling threatened.

It's proven that when employees feel threatened, their productivity goes down; when they feel safe, they produce better results.

In some cases, a real - life spouse feels threatened.

Banking systems such as the aforementioned in Canada, as well as others, are either entirely confused by Bitcoin or possibly feel threatened.

In another tweet, she clarifies: «Slut and whore are words used by people who feel threatened.

When a domestic industry feels threatened, it asks Congress to tax its foreign competitors» imports.

Then again, it could endanger employers more, and if they feel threatened and avoid pay cuts, that amounts to a big net boon for workers.

So it's no surprise that Netflix has responded with a poison - pill defense, which is a tactic used by companies that feel threatened by unwanted suitors.

When this unique creature feels threatened, it rises on its hind legs, opens its yellow - colore...

But anything deeper than that and we'll do what we do when we feel threatened, we'll run.

Dictators and their underlings will not feel threatened by international bodies as long as their regime appears strong.

I beleive that Liberal Socialists who feel threatened by Christian Evangelical Fundamentalists fear their political power so much, that even President Obama is a blind naive proponent of tollerance to Islamic Shariah Law as he funded the Great Iman of NYC.

Confused, that I do not feel threatened in any way.

I'm telling you quite truthfully, Confused, that I do not feel threatened in any way.

What's more, people who deny evolutionary theory are more prone to reject other scientific theories that they feel threaten their belief systems.

If you feel threatened, maybe you should scrutinize your beliefs and see if they fit with what you actually can determine.

Just ask any non-Christian in the military if they feel threatened by a fundamentalist superior officer should they dare to opt out of such an event.

I began to look beyond the cursing, and hear the substance of their hearts: an ego hurt by a son failing in elementary school, finances were so low they felt threatened of losing their car, anger that they hoped to change the world but only worked in a taxi, and so forth.

Just ask anyone in the LGBT community if they feel threatened by fundamentalists in government.

When he's down, he'll try to get his adrenaline going; when he doesn't feel threatened by his opponent, he'll maintain that calm exterior fans have come to expect.

Why feel threatened in the first place?

This was not the only time when they were the book burners trying to stamp out any alternate religions they felt threatened their controlling grip.

The problem is that many religious people feel it threatens their belief systems and so deny it.

Many people feel islamism is a threat and many who feel threatened respond aggressively.

We truly need not feel threatened by what other's believe, unless they intend harm by actions based on those beliefs — but their beliefs are only that, beliefs and can not hurt us.

Of course, if you are Muslim you do not feel threatened by Islam because you are not a target.

I agree with Spengler that it is mediocrities who feel threatened by the idea of genius.

His attackers felt threatened and were compelled to extinguish ideas that opposed their own.

Anyone who studies the new testament to try to understand the context of events of the Savior's ministry will learn that he was labeled a criminal by the Pharisees and Sadducees (who were the religious leaders that part of the world during that time) because they felt threatened by Jesus.

If someone wants to learn about God, really learn about God, lets spend some time sitting down together in a mature and peaceful setting where we can both chill, not feel threatened and discuss the whole concept.

However, in the midst of feeling threatened, does the «believer» call out to God to maintain the criteria for entry, the judgement upon those not - like - me, and the need to «give more to God»?