Sentences with phrase «quiet leaders of»

It's Russell Wilson and Earl Thomas, the calm and quiet leaders of the offense and defense.

The oldest is Forrest (Hardy), the large, quiet leader of the brothers.

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.)

I'm a quieter type of leader.

Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, cites research conducted by Adam Grant at the Wharton School who found that introverted leaders often get better results, compared with extroverts, because the latter can unwittingly squelch creativity by not giving up the reins and letting people run with their own ideas.

Some of these leaders have the brash, take - charge attitude you might expect; others pursue their mandates in more quiet, subtle ways.

During his deployment, Johnson was largely confined to base in an area of Afghanistan that had seen heavy combat but that was relatively quiet when his unit arrived in November 2013, according to his former squad leader.

And despite lessons learned from the economic crisis — where, arguably, too many extroverted risk - takers in leadership positions wrought financial ruin — and the value of having quiet leaders who, as Good to Great author Jim Collins puts it, «build not their own egos but the institutions they run,» a workplace stigma around introversion still exists.

I've started to use your ideas, themes and language within professional development sessions for leaders in schools and social services in our quiet corner of very rural England.

The Ontario PC leader's misguided promise to allow development in parts of the Greenbelt was «a huge thing to have kept quiet about,» writes Heather Mallick.

Businesses need both quiet and vocal leaders, and this candidate gave an honest assessment of the sort of employee he is.

And in Luke 19, the religious leaders of the day want Jesus to keep His disciples quiet.

(CNN)- After years of keeping quiet about his Mormon faith, Mitt Romney's campaign thrust his church life into the national eye Thursday night, as a handful of Mormons took to the Republican National Convention's stage to deliver moving testimonials about the Republican presidential nominee's role as a member and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints.

I've also seen a subtle but pervasive suggestion that Christians should be quiet on matters of Christian leaders in the public sphere because we don't want to «tear down our own.»

Extroversion is so imbedded in what we expect of leaders Susan Cain's book «Quiet» calls Harvard Business the «spiritual capital of extroversion.»

146), praying for our leaders so that we would be free to live peaceful, quiet, godly, dignified lives for the earthly and eternal good of our neighbors (1 Tim.

Asaleo Care, the owner of brands including Sorbent toilet paper and tissues and Libra feminine hygiene products, has made a quiet entry into the nappy market in Australia but its chief executive says he will be careful about firing up any full - scale onslaught against the market leader.

One of the reasons why Kos / Gab didn't work was the communication issues, there wasn't a vocal leader between them, Kos is actually quite quiet when it comes to talking between the team in games from what I've witnessed.

Much as Spain has had to learn with the loss of Xavi, Xabi, Puyol, David Villa, Iker's loss of form which has him quiet — without a leader down the spine, you're toast.

The coach was quick to point out that the alleged taunting was out of character for the quiet team leader.

«I was always more of a lead - by - example guy,» Baker said of his quiet nature, «but I feel like I have one of the more respected and experienced voices on the team, so I need to step up as a vocal leader this season.»

He's also very much the opposite of his older brother, Bart, who was primarily a quiet leader as the quarterback for three state championship teams from 2009 - 2011.

Heaven forbid that children who have developed a love of learning rather than be told what to know and when, have been encouraged to use their curiosity rather than been told that it's not relevant to what they are learning, have been given the opportunity to try a variety of different experiences and skills rather than be told that there is no time / money / resources to do that, have been able to use and foster their talents rather than be told to sit still, be quiet and listen to something else instead and who are able to be independent thinkers, confident self - starters and able leaders rather than to «do as the curriculum says» to end up being employable!

Kathleen is a true leader, and was appreciated for her quiet sense of humor — a quiet woman, with so much to give.»

Also at 11 a.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein and Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, community leaders and angry neighbors, will call on Airbnb and similar sites to immediately take down an advertisement for a home turned B&B on a quiet, residential street that's been the site many of loud, lewd and late parties, 2437 Fenton Ave., the Bronx.

Republican leaders and high - powered donors in Utah are waging a quiet but concerted campaign to convince 83 - year - old incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch, of Utah, not to seek reelection next year, and Mitt Romney, the one - time presidential nominee and leading Trump critic, is exploring a run for the seat.

MEND, also alleged that Clark and the other leaders of the region kept quiet during the six - year administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Asked if relations between the Legislature and his administration are fraying — perhaps because of his quiet lobbying for former IG Ellen Biben to become leader of an independent ethics watchdog, his push for more executive control over the budget or just the natural devolution of good feelings — Cuomo noted that love isn't the real motivator.

I'm still getting details about what took place, but there has been quiet upset - albeit little on the record - from some African - American and Hispanic leaders about the lack of any people of color on the statewide ticket, which was unveiled two weeks ago during the state Democratic convention.

A post-Ashdown Liberal Democratic party might at least present Labour with some more vigorous opposition, daring to challenge on some of the ground where the outgoing leader remained quiet.

The leader of the local Lib Dem group, Chris Stanbra, says that the MPs have been very quiet on the problems facing the council until recently.

But to some state - government insiders, Silver's quiet authorization of a $ 103,000 payment to two of Lopez's accusers was merely in keeping with the fundamental operating principle that's allowed the speaker — and the current Republican Senate majority leader, Dean Skelos — to dominate the power structure.

A president in need of rest (assuming it is the rest Nigerian leaders need) can as well consider any of Nigeria's serene corners to enjoy his quiet holiday.

But during an hour of discussion Tuesday morning at a forum organized by the Albany Times Union, leaders of the state Assembly and Senate displayed no appetite to stand up to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and advance legislation — even if it has the votes to withstand a gubernatorial veto — without his quiet assent.

In case you missed mention of it over at the TU, here's another profile of our quiet and demure blog leader.

That is the hypocrisy of our civil society and religious and traditional leaders, everybody is quiet, suddenly some say they don't watch TV anymore and that they watch animals.

The Labour leader's parliamentary critics have recently been keeping relatively quiet and waiting to see if Corbyn's supporters will turn on him — or if he will decide to go of his own accord.

The question is what a leader of the opposition was doing there, when the then - prime minister of Great Britain was playing a quieter game.

It is unfortunate that because of the solidarity that the North has pledged to you, many Northern leaders have chosen to keep quiet rather than criticize you.

Previously a quiet but effective operator as Deputy Leader of the House, he's now seemingly the Lib Dem spokesperson on everything as well as being their Chief Whip.

«That's the range in which our atmosphere is pretty transparent and the galaxy is pretty quiet,» says astronomer Jill Tarter of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, which has long been the leader in the field.

Field in the small number of scenes she gets does her best to hold her own, but it is impossible not to notice how much better she is in the small moments of quiet madness, such as when she dresses down Republican Leader Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) in front of a White House party, than when she falls to screeching.

When Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, Louisiana - born porn star Stormy Daniels had 130,000 reasons to keep quiet about what she claims was a 2006 sexual rendezvous with the future leader of the free world.

The Lost Patrol — Another in the John Ford marathon, this 1934 film stars Victor McLaglen (The Quiet Man, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon) as the leader of a troop of British soldiers in Mesopotamia, surrounded at an oasis by unseen Arabs who snipe them off one by one.

But a school devoted to literacy ought to envision more than just sustained, quiet, independent reading, suggests Snow, who leads an intensive mini-course this month at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on what education leaders need to know about how kids learn to read.

In some of the cities known as ground zero for noisy fights about charter schools, quiet partnerships are underway between district and charter leaders.

(That allows an administrator to be a part of the group instead of the leader of the group and encourages quieter people to participate openly.)

With quiet, reassuring confidence effective Catholic school leaders therefore operate with an appropriate sense of urgency, knowing that time is a precious and nonrenewable resource — and knowing their school communities may never be more ready or eager to be led in a bold new direction.

The Laguna range is now available with the 2.0 dCi diesel engine, a leader in terms of performance, driving pleasure and quiet running.

You will also become a much calmer Pack Leader, and find that place of quiet balance that will naturally make your dogs want to follow you.