Sentences with phrase «relied on consultants»

While traditionally, insurance companies have relied on consultants, agents and brokers, in addition to their own in - house sales support, this has proved to be both expensive and inefficient.

Investors who choose to move some or all of their account from Schwab can rely on these consultants to offer full brokerage transfer assistance.

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The company's dramatic growth — sales spiked more than 1,100 % in the past three years alone — would have been all but impossible were consultants relying on Rolodexes and landlines, Avon lady style, to find clients.

Rather than rely on outside consultants, the LEGO Group pulls its best ideas from its insiders.

[31] Therefore, from June 9, 2017, until January 1, 2018, insurance agents, insurance brokers, pension consultants and insurance companies will be able to continue to rely on PTE 84 - 24, as previously written, [32] for the recommendation and sale of fixed indexed, variable, and other annuity contracts to plans and IRAs, [33] subject to Start Printed Page 16917the addition of the Impartial Conduct Standards.

-- The majority of 401 consultants support additional services in defined contribution retirement plans as participants rely more heavily on such funds when they retire, according to according to the 12th annual PIMCO Defined Contribution Consulting Support and Trends Survey published by PIMCO, one of the world» s premier fixed income investment managers..

The author of Thriving in the Gig Economy is an independent work pioneer and founder of a consulting firm - M Squared Consulting - that relies heavily on independent consultants to staff their projects.

To help advisors who haven't relied on insurance and annuity products in the past, JNLD also formed a team of regional advisory consultants, Jackson said.

«We are currently working on a range of projects with medium and large scale brands that rely on our skills and experiences developed over many years, working closely with similar organisations on a variety of challenging projects,» said Kevin Laughton, co-founder and consultant, and vice chairman of The Packaging Society.

These little greedy fsckers think we are in a corporate environment and they conduct every decision with an HR consultant (called talent aquisition) instead of relying on the good ole red nosed scouts wearing the tweed cap and chain smoking while not losing any of the kids playing the ball from their sight.

Lactation consultants may use the Hazelbaker Assessment tool for Lingual Frenulum Function, or rely on their judgement of appearance and any sucking problems experienced.

Never did I ever think I would rely on a lactation consultant ESP being my 3rd child when I felt like a expert in the past.

Tamara Frazier: I rely on my doctor's lactation consultants for their input because they've been through school and I haven't, so I figured they know what they're talking about.

Basil Smikle Jr., a political consultant, said de Blasio's poll numbers reflect that he has «largely relied on Sharpton to do his black politics.»

«We were probably relying too much on outside consultants, (and) had too many middlemen taking pieces of the project off the top, making it run slower and in a more costly fashion.»

Mr. Cuomo also relies on deputies in the attorney general's office and lobbyists and consultants he has known during his decades in politics and government.

Then Gov. George Pataki played a numbers game, «shrinking» the payroll by relying on thousands of computer and engineering consultants.

ALBANY, NY (05/30/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today released its third in a series of reports on how much money the state wastes by relying on costly consultants to do the work state employees can do for less.

The DOE's wisdom in relying on outside consultants has to be questioned, he said, in light of the string of recent scandals.

The latest trend among consultants to horse buyers and breeders is to rely on algorithms involving a «speed gene» and other markers, not just x-rays and endoscopies

For example, my work as a sport - science consultant relies on using much of my lab equipment for athletic testing.

Not especially bright — in fact it's often hard to know if she's intellectually impaired — she and her workmates come up with a revenge plot that relies on the dubious skills of a hired «security consultant» (Bouli Lanners as Michel).

An example of judicial action with inadequate information is to be found in Kansas, where a willfully blinkered court chose to rely on one consultant's study, by the firm of Augenblick & Myers (A&M), in ordering how much the legislature should appropriate.

In the work that I carry out, I want to enhance the reputation of learning professionals as trusted consultants and skilled practitioners; as people who can be relied on to put the interests of their clients and their learners first.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a new teacher evaluation system in January that would rely heavily on the judgment of outside consultants, rank - and - file teachers and principals across the city exploded in outrage.

The district, by necessity, had to rely on principals «instructional leadership and on expertise from the regional education center or independent consultants to support school - and district - wide improvement initiatives.

Smaller districts relied more on state - supported regional education centers and local universities for in - service training and assistance, and for brokering contacts with other external consultants.

The school staff had little positive to say about that consultant «s input, and district leaders did not report any district initiatives to deal with the situation other than supporting and relying on the principal and teachers to find a solution.

Although the school mainly relies on internal expertise for its professional development, Amsel also uses federal taxpayer money given to private schools that enroll low - income students to pay an outside consultant, Australian United States Services in Education.

«We used to focus solely on dropout prevention, relying heavily on supplemental programs,» said Chris Sturgis of MetisNet, a consultant to foundations, states and school districts on high school reform.

When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a new teacher evaluation system in January that would rely heavily on outside consultants» opinions, rank - and - file teachers and principals across the city exploded in surprised outrage.

«My concern is that if you're still relying on lecture as your primary mode of getting content across,... you haven't done anything to shift the type of learning that's occurring,» said Andrew Miller, an educational consultant who works with the Alexandria, Va. - based professional - development group ASCD and the Novato, Calif. - based Buck Institute of Education, which works to promote project - based learning in classrooms.

Nevertheless, authors are often left with the question of where to go to investigate self - publishing options from impartial, unbiased sources (rather than relying on the comments of competitors or overzealous individuals / consultants who have both a vested interest and a suprising amount of time on their hands to devote to nay - saying).

This is big news, because Big Publishing sources like «Publishers Lunch» and much - cited industry consultants like Michael Shatzkin have been relying on woefully incomplete data to make unsupportable claims.

Since banks are not too keen on funding a building project that hasn't even started, developers will rely on syndicated mortgages to cover soft costs: consultant fees, zoning permits, architecture costs and even marketing and sales expenses.

A key question, then, for veterinary professionals who need to refer their clients to a dog trainer or behavior consultant, is whether they will refer to those who promote methods that include pain and fear as a means of motivation, or those who use more progressive methods that rely on scientifically - supported protocols based on positive reinforcement and seek to do no harm.

Dennis Moroney, a banking industry consultant with Tower Group, says banks rely heavily on rewards programs as a huge driver of credit card acquisition, retention and utilization.

While the intersections of art & technology have garnered attention in the growing and varied genre known as new media, the practice of many contemporary artists relies on technology in ways that are more subtle to the eye and accessible to a wider public audience Curated by artist, art consultant and independent curator Beth Waldman and presented by Levy Art + Architecture.

Our dedicated energy specialists in turn can rely on our international network of civil and structural engineers, process engineering specialists, environmental, and climate change consultants.

As APN usually relies on expertise drawn from the APN global change community, any consultant fee or honorarium would have to be agreed with APN in advance.

General counsel at large companies — including Allstate, Johnson & Johnson, and Waste Management — today are sending more litigation and deal work to regional firms that, in the past, they've relied on for less intensive matters, according to half a dozen consultants we talked to.

Among my other concerns was that Avvo, relying as it does on publicly available information from the Web and other sources, would discriminate against smaller - firm lawyers who lack sophisticated Web sites and PR consultants.

When U.S. firms need to advise on Chinese law for global clients, they rely on Chinese lawyers who are called «legal consultants.»

Larger firms (6 + attorneys) tend to rely less on a marketing consultant and more on other staff members, including marketing managers, in 2007 than they did in 2005.

When you rely on the expertise of an agency or consultant to execute your organic search strategies, it can be difficult to understand if their tactics carry any risk of a penalty.

They rely on jury consultants who are human behavior experts, helping attorneys research and select jurors and provide insight into juror behavior.

It goes like this: In the modern era, clients and lawyers simply must learn to rely on expert litigation consultants.

What you need and can rely on is the best consultant with the best skills, regardless of their location.

You'll rely on your own understanding of your needs and the consultant's in - person assessment to fill out your questionnaire.

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