Sentences with phrase «rather than the director»

And herein lies the ethical question, posed to me by a director today: «When does hanging on or digging in breach a fiduciary duty by the director to act in the company's best interest, rather than the director's?»

The more he feels you are trying to be a supporting cast member in his life, rather than his director, the more likely he will be to listen to your ideas and input.

They never took home a competitive Oscar outside of Foreign Film which, semantically speaking, belongs to the country rather than the director.

Faced with actors pushing too hard, Krasinski seems to react as a fellow performer rather than a director.

So it is perhaps wise that Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow chose to go with a straight - forward, unadorned style for their documentary on the legendary director, De Palma in order to put the spotlight on the subject rather than the director.

This low - budget «retro - futuristic steampunk thriller» from filmmaker Vladan Nikolic — credited as «experiment supervisor & creator» rather than director — resembles Darren Aronofsky's debut feature, «Pi,» complicated by its intercutting of two separate narrative time streams.

I wish I could tell you what the latter are, but that would spoil the surprise; suffice it to say that there's a reason why Douglas Trumbull is primarily known as a special effects guy rather than a director.

Not exact matches

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.

But Spiegel has assembled an impressive executive roster headlined by COO Emily White, former director of business operations for Facebook - owned photo - sharing app Instagram, suggesting that monetization efforts are coming sooner rather than later.

Based on data investigators have been accumulating, it's likely a «non-state actor» rather than a particular government group carried out the hacking, according to a Wall Street Journal article quoting Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper's comments on Tuesday in New York at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Apple would have done better to focus on China's regional trends rather than develop the payment service for a global market, says Kitty Fok, managing director of the China group at the market research firm International Data Corporation.

Hoffman credits Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, for the term «extended intelligence,» or «treating intelligence as a network phenomenon and using A.I. to enhance, rather than replace, human intelligence.»

«For better or worse, it looks like many hybrid and EV owners are driven more by financial motives rather than a responsibility to the environment,» said Edmunds.com director of industry analysis Jessica Caldwell.

«The growth is driven by consumer trends rather than the classic push from big brewers,» says Jonnie Cahill, Heineken's senior director of low and no alcohol, citing an increasing interest on wellness and balance.

«They focused all of their attention on the product itself and the engineering, rather than what the experience is like for their core audience,» says Rob Jekielek, a director at the institute.

Yet director selection is often based on independence and fame, rather than industry experience.

«(It) reveals how our economies are rewarding wealth rather than the hard work of millions of people,» Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam «s executive director, told Reuters Television.

Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable for acting in bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York Times back in 2006.

If you've been sitting on the sidelines of emerging markets and are ready to get back in, Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro for Fidelity Investments in Boston, recommends buying particular stocks and geographically targeted funds rather than a broad index or exchange - traded fund spanning the entire developing world.

«The goal of the administration seems to be to grind the process to a halt or slow it down so much that they achieve a reduction in legal immigration through implementation rather than legislation,» Ben Johnson, the executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, which typically takes a pro-immigration stance, told the Journal.

The decision differs from most other appointees in that it was made by the New York Fed board of directors and ratified by the Federal Reserve board, rather than by the president.

As someone who teaches and advises in the field and has an obligation to keep current with emerging developments, given the significant rate of change in the last ten years, I could not imagine how a director of a company could remain current without ongoing requirements rather than passing familiarity or osmosis (I am speaking here of directors who have chosen not to upgrade their education).

Over the past two years, a growing number of U.S. banks has capped their directors» earnings, but the ceilings are so high that they primarily serve to fend off potential shareholder litigation rather than control the pace of pay increases.

Boards of directors are facing increasing pressure to fire CEOs rather than allow them to linger.

While Hope is known for making independent movies rather than big - budget Hollywood blockbusters, Amazon Studios has succeeded in the world of television in part by aligning itself with high - profile directors like Allen and Steven Soderbergh of «Ocean's Eleven» fame.

Seedrs checks the background of directors, the claims made in their campaigns, including the ownership of intellectual property, and that shares are of equal worth rather than a dual structure.

Largely because nine in 10 directors rely on their personal networks of other senior male executives to fill board vacancies, rather than investing in a thorough recruiting effort, the CBDC reports.

Gabe Elsner, director of the Energy and Policy Institute, told the Guardian that after disappointing state efforts in 2013, ALEC is now focusing on weakening clean energy standards rather than repealing them.

They did, however, import one key Pixar attribute: They put the director, rather than the studio chief or the animation head, in charge of the story.

«People are staying in their homes longer rather than selling and trading up,» David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said in a statement.

Morningstar's director of ETF research Scott Burns said advisors will likely want to see between six and nine months of performance before considering the switch to the ETF, rather than the typical three - year track record for new funds.

Research indicates, for instance, that companies with majority (rather than plurality) voting for directors are more apt to adopt shareholder proposals that garner majority support, and that many chief financial officers are willing to forgo investments in projects expected to be profitable in the longer term in order to meet analysts» quarterly earnings estimates.

Imagine what would happen if a trillion - dollar private sector entity operated without a CEO because its board of directors squabbled over unrelated matters, rather than approving the appointment of the top executive.

We believe that our Board of Directors should be free to make compensation decisions to further and promote the best interests of our shareowners, rather than to qualify for corporate tax deductions.

The White House budget director came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell President Donald Trump's budget, but the administration's allies in the Senate preferred to talk about last year's tax cut rather than the trillion - dollar deficits contained in the new spending plan.

Subsequently, on January 23, 2017, the company announced that the prior press release had contained inaccurate statements, as it appears that the investigation was «directed by Company management rather than any subset of independent directors».

Not only does BitPay's service make business sense, but we are excited about giving owners of bitcoin the opportunity to inexpensively and reliably convert any excess holdings into precious metals rather than back to fiat currency,» said Michael Finger, Director of Marketing at Euro Pacific Precious Metals.

Rather than looking to the big city markets of New York and Miami, overseas investors are snapping up less risky property deals in Charlotte's stable market, but are still achieving rental returns over 9 % a year, says Torcana Director, Colin Murphy

That's why major deals in the education space are likely to focus on services, rather than the typical focus on technology, said Mary Jo Zandy, the managing director of Berkery Noyes, an investment - banking firm based that represented JBHM in the deal.

Countless college students aspire to be «personnel directors» or «counselors» in large organizations rather than to become entrepreneurs running their own shops (unless they plan to set up their own psychological «practices»).

He said people direct their frustration «onto rail staff rather than... the government or senior directors.

Rather than ignore the complaint, the Irish police took it seriously and prepared and forwarded a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who in turn opened an investigation.

I am suggesting that as religious teachers, counselors, directors, Christians, we begin to look again at what we used to call, and ought to call, the seven capital sins, the seven deadly sins, but this time on two levels rather than on simply one.

But this list emphasizes belief rather than behavior, said Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research.

On the other hand, the minister is described as a pastoral director rather than a spiritual director.

As China's import restrictions see levels of waste plastic rise in the UK, Keith Freegard, Director of Axion Polymers, argues that low - grade materials should be landfilled rather than burnt for energy.

«Our brands revolve around consumers rather than a specific occasion because of the variety we produce,» Managing Director Gabriel Faria points out.

Indications that 2.08 million shares have been delivered by WCB directors rather than its general public would seem to undermine any sense that Saputo is gaining traction out there.

«Some of my best connections happen when I'm able to connect to someone as a person rather than as a business contact,» says Craig Spalding, marketing director for 1908 Brands.

Mr O'Hoy, who is a director of Byron Bay craft brewer Stone & Wood, says the dilemma for the big brewers now as they try to tap into the independent, craft brewing sector, is the risk of killing off the very independence and creativity they are seeking to buy if they choose to acquire rather than build their own brands.