Sentences with phrase «rather than talent»

Thomson, whose movement once counted celebrated Brit artist Tracey Emin among its ranks, argues that wealthy arbiters of taste, whose priorities of fashion or finance rather than talent, are driving the contemporary art scene.

I have my criticisms of Mr. Buffett, but they regard ethics, rather than talent.

How can we better humanize success and show that it's a matter of diligence rather than talent?»

Duckworth attributes the difference to perseverance rather than talent: There wasn't any significant difference in teacher effectiveness based on the SAT scores and college GPAs of the job applicants, she calculated.

Lesson # 3: Praise for effort rather than talent The advice from positive psychology is that if your child accomplishes something, don't say, «Well done, you are such a little genius!»

Good for encouraging hard work and effort rather than talent: «I am seeking.

John Lennon gets second billing in How I Won the War (Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Blu - ray), Lester's farce of confused priorities and skewed war stories in World War II but is no more than simply another member of the ensemble of confused, distracted and goofing soldiers under the command of Michael Crawford's eager but incompetent Lt. Goodbody, a cheery upper class twit promoted to officer by virtue of class rather than any talent, intelligence or aptitude for leadership.

The film shifts back and forth through Goodbody's confused service with the sweetly stupid and misguidedly cocky upper - class twit of a college boy, promoted to officer by virtue of class rather than any talent, intelligence or aptitude for leadership, periodically turning to the audience to spin a narrative that has little to do with the incompetence and tomfoolery onscreen.

I only find it a bit lazy that everything happened to unfold as it did and covering it all was really a matter of luck rather than talent.

This research builds on an earlier study, published in the journal Music Perception, which suggested that the ability to sing accurately is a skill, rather than a talent, which gets better with practice.

The idea that women, or minorities, should be chosen by virtue of identity rather than talent is deeply offensive.

He didn't show that last year (and it was extremely frustrating to watch) but I blame most of that on scheme rather than talent.

Another factor in this new shift away from the well - known trinity system is the sense that abilities are defined by the weapons you use rather than talents or skill trees.

Not exact matches

At Egon Zehnder, we have learned in much of our work with many of the leading Chinese tech giants and startup unicorns what type of talent is likely to thrive in China, which prioritizes the more nuanced «soft» skills of adaptability, flexibility, and potential rather than simply the «hard» skills of language fluency and past work experiences.

One of the requirements of scaling is building new levels of leadership within a company, and this can mean that a dedicated, talented manager will have to report to a new manager with a different set of talents rather than being promoted into that role.

One employee, who gave a two - star rating, wrote on April 3 that their advice to management was, «Remember that human capital is valuable rather than allowing great talent to leave.»

Rather than using the samples to screen for illegal drug use or preexisting medical conditions, TAT hopes to use its recently developed human - cloning technology to address a critical lack of available talent.

Instead, many of us use it to stay in touch with friends, rather than to show off our talents and attract clients and customers.

Rather than just looking for people who are able to complete a predetermined number of tasks, Sandberg expressed that she felt that helping people grow was a crucial part of attracting and retaining top talent.

Although Jobs's biggest talent was for product design rather than engineering, he was very quick to see how technological innovations could improve existing products or help create new ones.

Shift your focus to align with talent rather than worrying about costs.

You want to make the playoffs, so rather than recruiting young talent to build a winning team for the long term, you blow the budget on free agents.

Just as people can find almost any product online, rather than just settling for what's at the local market, you can use the gig economy to fill your business needs with the perfect talent.

Combine this insatiable demand for talent with a sub-cultural shift of regarding labels such as «nerd» and «dweeb» as positive indicators of nuanced passion rather than pariah - like brands, and you end up with many more people interested in coding.

Startups should seek to grow their companies with a strong foundation of in - house talent and technology rather than rely on an army of outsourced help.

Typically, new talent shows are a supportive environment where there is cheering rather than heckling — but, hey, this is Wall Street so I would never short heckling!

As the labor market in the U.S. tightens, employers have turned to perks like paid time off, maternity leave, and signing bonuses — rather than higher wages in some instances — as the carrots they dangle to attract new talent.

«Rather than throw up roadblocks that prevent them from bringing their talent and ingenuity to our shores, we should welcome them with open arms,» said Bobby Franklin, President and CEO of NVCA.

«We're going to lose talent, rather than importing talent that we always need,» Diller said.

It is when we hire strictly for talent rather than culture fit that we start thinking running our company is «work.»

He stood up to greedy bankers, chastised corporations for sitting on piles of cash rather than investing, cracked wise with the media, and even managed to name - drop Down With Webster, a Canadian rap - rock group of questionable talent, without damaging his cred.

But rather than hiring new talent wholesale, AT&T has chosen to rapidly retrain its current employees while striving to engender a culture of perpetual learning.

«America will only succeed in countering Russian influence by turning its current approaches upside down,» Watts added, «clearly determining what it seeks to achieve with its counter influence strategy and then harnessing top talent empowered, rather than shackled, by technology.»

The New York Times» Andrew Kramer reported on the phenomenon in December, writing that «for more than three years, rather than rely on military officers working out of isolated bunkers, Russian government recruiters have scouted a wide range of programmers, placing prominent ads on social media sites, offering jobs to college students and professional coders, and even speaking openly about looking in Russia's criminal underworld for potential talent.»

To combat a tightening talent market, companies must focus on improving productivity and operational efficiencies, rather than relying on cheap and plentiful labor, as some have in the past.

One way to look at the issue is this: rather than limiting work flex, working to understand how flexible work options can make your company more productive, efficient, and even happier might be a wiser use of your energy and talents as a leader in your organization.

When credit comes to you for the ministry and talents and abilities you have, let it be God and others who bring it rather than from yourself.

Rather than liberating women by providing them equal opportunity to develop to the fullest their God - given talents, abilities, and potential, this agenda, in fact, leads to women being demeaned, their lives destroyed and their spirits enslaved.

«Success» was a matter of using well one's own talents and opportunities fully in God's service — a question of excellence relative to each individual, rather than a matter of merely accomplishing more than others in a certain group.

Dawkins was also well known by the public as a great scientist, though his true talent was in communicating scientific ideas in books such as The Selfish Gene (Oxford University Press) rather than in his actual research.

It begins with looking at each person's gifts and talents and elevating them, rather than shining the spotlight on their inabilities and exploiting them for comedic gain.

As long as Wenger is around, they have no iota or glimpse of a chance (check out Campbell... Proven talent on the biggest stage and still miserable on the Arsenal bench when we know this is a guy who carried Olympiakos on his own... He rather trust someone like Wilshere who is basically less than average).

I think it's fair to say that Wenger was lucky to have such a young talent as Joel in his rank when he has had injuries to key players like Alexis and Theo, rather than it being good news for Joel.

Wenger still has a keen eye for footballing knowledge and notably talent, so perhaps he could take up a role behind the scene at Arsenal, rather than having to leave the club altogether.

Manchester City will open their new multi-million pound academy next month as part of a long - term plan to produce their own players rather than buy ready - made talent — their current senior squad cost over # 300m to assemble.

Wenger seems hell bent of discovering a new world class talent but he's not going to, he should concentrate on winning the title with proven players rather than attempting to dine out for the next 20 years on a new Thierry Henry cos as Fergie will tell you, these players only come along once in a lifetime.

Bryant eventually took to encouraging marginal talents rather than summarily running them off.

I think this could be a legit top 10 team next year (with lots of proven talent, rather than a team that just looks good on paper).

In theory the team wants to determine who has the most talent, a measure of upside, career and impact rather than a pick that's essentially driven by worst starter.

Indeed, the report notes that Inter still see Icardi as an important part of their plans and are keen to construct a team around him, rather than lose one of their brightest talents.