Sentences with phrase «say take a leaf»

A fifth (20 %) said taking leave would slow down his career progression (more than his partner's).

Not exact matches

«One never holds people necessarily responsible for their government, but one does have the ability to be very careful in what one does with the government itself,» said Smith, who became Microsoft's president in 2015, taking on a title that had not existed at the company since 2002, when Richard Belluzzo left.

Allbritton, whose Twitter bio notes that he is also a jet pilot, says in his memo that after VandeHei leaves, «I expect that I will take a title I have historically held with my businesses, that of chief executive officer.»

Ohanian has unwittingly become a role model for exhausted founders, he says; after he took leave, many of the men he mentors said they now feel they have «permission» to do the same.

Let's say one of your employees is taking maternity leave.

«For example, if someone within your team leaves, you may take on more responsibility,» North said.

«Our fighter planes took normal tactical measures, identifying the models of the Chinese planes and flying aerial surveillance until they left,» the South Korean military said, as quoted by Reuters.

Let's do some number crunching: Say you want to take your 15 weeks of maternity leave and all 35 weeks of parental leave, and let's say that pre-baby, you earned more than $ 51,3Say you want to take your 15 weeks of maternity leave and all 35 weeks of parental leave, and let's say that pre-baby, you earned more than $ 51,3say that pre-baby, you earned more than $ 51,300.

In a statement, President Obama said of the astronaut and public servant, «John always had the right stuff, inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to Mars and beyond — not just to visit, but to stay... The last of America's first astronauts has left us, but propelled by their example we know that our future here on Earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens.

Johnston said he was proud of the results achieved over the past year but said it was time for him to leave as strategic moves to reposition Aeroplan have started to take shape.

Williams, who will leave his current job as San Francisco Fed president in June to take over at the New York Fed, also said he expects the Fed's shrinking balance sheet will help steepen the curve by putting upward pressure on longer - term rates.

Considering the US's lack of federal paid family leave policy, Sandberg said companies need to take the lead and support families with their own paid leave policies, which she said wouldn't just be nice to do, but would also improve the bottom line by increasing employee loyalty and performance.

These funds could take time to wind up, says Bradley, and if you leave too early, you may still get charged a big fee.

Mr. Meister, who took a 7 a.m. flight to Washington every Monday for three years, said he was leaving to spend more time with his family in New York.

Arruda, who left his job in June to serve as CEO of Ross, says the digital assistant shortens the research time for each case, allowing lawyers to take on more challenging files and preventing client fees from escalating.

«Gold is stuck between $ 1,238 - $ 1,260 with the risk to skewed to downside based on rising expected interest rates and failure to break higher which has left it vulnerable to profit - taking in the short term,» said Ole Hansen, the head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.

«That's really Carl's vision of the future, and our hopes are that Rick can hear what he has to say and take that to heart, because otherwise there's not going to be anybody left to live on the planet,» Nicotero said.

She's heard people say it takes the same as cooking on the stovetop or oven, but she says the difference is that you can simply press a button, leave and come back in about 30 minutes to a prepared meal.

Seconds later, another email arrived from his wife, also saying the PM was trying to reach him — at which point the plane took off, leaving Oliver to ponder for the next five hours whether good or bad news awaited him when he reached his destination.

Pishevar said in a statement on Tuesday that he would take a leave of absence from venture firm Sherpa Capital and transportation startup Hyperloop One.

Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber, said on Tuesday he was taking a leave of absence from his venture capital firm and the startup he co-founded to fight allegations of sexual harassment.

Automation is the all - purpose bogeyman of today's workforce: millions of jobs could be taken over by machines in the next few years, experts say, and the big question is what to do about all the humans left behind.

Say you are taking a leave of absence from work, are between jobs or have recently retired.

The 65 - year - old entrepreneur says he learned about risks from his parents who «liked to gamble, leaving me to fend for myself... I learned the difference between gambling, which I do little of, and risk - taking, which I do all the time.»

But, after spending some time and saying your thanks, take leave and tell everyone to have a great time.

«It took him a month to get him just to come in the building,» she says after we leave the room.

In the release, the hedge fund said it was electing to take its large tax loss and move on, leaving Ackman to devote time to other investments.

A ban on travel by U.S. passport holders to North Korea will take effect on Sept. 1 and Americans in the country should leave before that date, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

«You may have heard a manager say, «I should leave more often,» upon returning from a holiday break — because the team took needed risks or thought «out of the box,» with great results,» said Taylor.

When a senior manager recently went on mat leave, «everyone had to raise their game and take on more responsibility,» says Cathy Pickard, director of HR in Saskatoon.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A representative says Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is resting and «doing well» after he left a New York City stage and was taken to a hospital.

And unfortunately, they said, it looks like our existing estimates have been underplaying how much warming is currently taking place, leaving us less time than we thought to achieve the targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement.

Say «no thank you» calmly, but leave no room for them to try to persuade you otherwise if the opportunity is one you truly can not afford to take.

Avon CEO Sheri McCoy, who took the helm in 2012 to fix a cosmetics giant left in disarray by her predecessor Andrea Jung, has repeatedly said that because of Avon's heritage, the fixing the U.S. business is her «No. 1 priority», and has pledged to return its second biggest market to profitability in 2015.

Zuckerberg recent said that he plans to take two months of paternity leave following the birth of his daughter.

Factory owners, though, said the nickname referred more to the company's take - it - or - leave - it style at the bargaining table.

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday for the first time since 2009, revived its bond - buying program and said it would take «whatever action is necessary» to achieve stability in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

«I've never encountered a situation in which the venture capitalist says, «Here's the deal, you have five minutes to decide, take it or leave it,»» Loschiavo says.

Even though the company's old policy only paid for nine weeks of leave, Adobe's records showed that after welcoming a child, «new moms were tending to try to take five to six months if they could get all the stars aligned,» Morris said.

Although no one is fully certain of what the process is for leaving the European Union, E.U. rules say it can take two years for a nation to leave.

«I was mostly in a Sunni area, so they were concerned that the Shia would come take power, become a proxy for Iran, and persecute the Sunnis,» he says, «which is basically what has happened since we left.

Leslie Miley, a Silicon Valley veteran who is on a leave from his position as director of engineering at Slack, said he absolutely took what he called Uber's «a — hole culture» into account in hiring decisions.

Whatever you decide, «you need to take control of your 401 (k) when you leave,» says Sullivan.

At work that day, an embassy colleague with whom he was friendly took him aside and said he was leaving Cuba right away.

Protestors with signs were said to have been asked to leave the hotel where the meeting is taking place, according to accounts on Twitter.

As I've said, the balance has shifted from FOMO (fear of missing out, or «greed» as market analysts call it) to a pragmatic «I can take it or leave it» mentality otherwise known as «fear.»

He had paid cash for her house in Gainesville, valued at roughly $ 900,000, but he says one of his financial advisers took a loan out against it in his name without his knowledge — which left Hearn - Pearson as one of her son's largest creditors.

Granted, one might question the skills of some highly paid CEOs (whose companies perform terribly), but the same could be said of some highly paid hockey players (who individually perform poorly - I'm a leafs fan, take your pick)

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, said last week that he would take an indefinite leave of absence.

The decision to take time off was largely left to Mr. Kalanick himself, people with knowledge of the situation have said.