Sentences with phrase «success than skills»

Do you think character is a more or less important predictor of success than skills or knowledge?

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Programs that provide skills development, mentoring and clear pathways to success from cradle to college and career, can generate benefits that are more than three times their costs, exceeding the rates of return seen in many private sector business investments.

What predicted a leader's success far better than tech skills or test scores, they found, was simply making a human connection with followers, being interested in their lives and careers, and being accessible to them.

Indeed, the respondents believe Chinese language skills will be slightly more useful for success in business than acquiring a PhD in any field, excluding engineering.

And many of our more than 59 million alumnae credit their career success to skills they learned selling cookies.

Skilled Agile teams record success rates twice those of unskilled teams.13 Scrum projects deployed through an experienced program management office report success rates of 93 %.14 Teams that are at least 95 % dedicated to their projects are nearly twice as productive as those that are less than 50 % dedicated.

No airport has applied those skills with greater success than Singapore's Changi, rated «the world's best airport» year in and year out.

Warren Buffett says that the success of a manager is more determined by the favorable nature of the boat they get into than their skill as a pilot.

Statistics show that less than 25 % of all startups survive more than 4 years, how can leadership skills ensure the success of a new venture?

For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts and their enthusiastic supporters have helped ensure the success of the iconic annual cookie sale — and they've had fun, developed valuable life skills, and made their communities a better place every step of the way.

These objectives are often very important, but few who measure practical theology in terms of pastoral skills recognize how much knowledge is required to do any of these things in ways that will yield more than short - term success.

France have a good team and could win the Championship but it will more likely be because of Pogba and Griezman (two player who do possess the skill to drive a team to success) than because of Giroud driving the team to glory.

Money is more key to Chelski's success than JM's undoubted coaching skills.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Also of note is the finding that the best performing young footballers who will go on to play the sport professionally display superior dribbling skills, endurance capacity and tactical awareness compared to their peers, from as early as 14 years of age.9 17 These differences appear well before it is possible to accumulate 10 000 h of practice, but allow predictions of which players will go on to achieve best performances in adulthood, suggesting that the effectiveness of and response to training, rather than simply training, determines success.

This scene from «Billy Liar», ironically set in the firm's toilet, more than adequately conveys the rhetorical skills of my «good supporter» admirer, who presumably was dedicated to helping Rangers attain success whatever the level and whoever the player.

He gave away fouls and was cautioned with a yellow card earlier than he would have liked, though his success in continuing to defend in the same robust manner without further problems was testament to his skill, timing and composure which improved as time went on.

But to my surprise, I found that many chess scholars now believe that chess success has more to do with non-cognitive skills than with pure IQ.

In fact, effort, social skills, and self - discipline tend to matter for school success than inborn abilities.

Since boys at highest risk of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)

It's a greater indicator of long - term success than the nanny's skill, experience, and job competencies.

Her skills and experience can set you up for success, and she can keep your learning curve shorter than hers was!

While he still appreciates Canada's work, Tough feels the research indicates that ongoing success requires much more than the cognitive skills that students demonstrate on tests.

But, at the end of the day, there is no more important parenting skill than this, and nothing that we do as parents that is more important to our children's success in life.

In fact, Merola says, «In most cases, people need more than one mentor because no one individual is capable of helping the person develop the broad range of skills that are necessary for success.»

In retrospect, I attribute my success in industry to three things: being a better scientist than a programmer, decent management skills, and the scripting language Perl.

But old ideas (and ways) die hard, and a scientist's publications and grant - writing success often matter more in a hiring decision than those other, less measurable skills.

Success in today's job market requires more than just solid lab skills and a stack of publications.

«Game developers say success hinges on more than just programming skills: Interpersonal skills also key.»

Data from a secondary school in East Anglia suggest that one popular idea — that girls have good literacy skills earlier than boys and can therefore use these skills to accelerate their learning — does not provide a complete explanation for their subsequent success.

Murphy adds, «The success of the Skills for Life program, including the results in our current paper, has led the government of Chile to fund a major increase in the size of the program, adding more than 400 schools during the next school year.

Success is determined by your skills rather than your appearance.

It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.

total dating offers you more than just another dating site, we want our clients to improve their dating and love making skills as it is very important to the success of your relationship.

Although it's more of a puzzler than it is a shooter, FPS skill is still a requirement for success.

My appreciation for Centurion is fairly simplistic (but, then again, so is the film itself) and amounts to little more than its success as a bloodbath with an appropriately cynical outlook and a cornucopia of brutality displayed with skill.

Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet (The Untouchables, The Postman Always Rings Twice) takes his first crack at direction with modest success, mostly due to his skills as a writer than anything else.

• Outcome measures that are more related to serious skill development and later life success than were the multiple - choice tests of the NCLB era, for example:

a move to skills, rather than scores: broader measures of success to monitor students» capabilities... and the quality of our education system;

Rather than providing students skills that have real currency in today's labor market and preparing them for gainful employment, accountability provisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top funding program have focused on increasing short - term gains that measure success or failure of schools.

Recent research has also reported that working memory skills matter more than IQ and are a better predictor of academic success.

In today's world, we believe that no job is more important than helping people to learn — and numeracy skills are crucial for success.

Moskowitz, noting that Success charters are much safer than district schools, states that creating a safe learning environment, instilling discipline and values, and building social and emotional skills are part of the Success model.

Stipek found that children in didactic, content - centered programs generally do better on measures of academic skill than do children in child - centered classrooms, while children in child - centered classrooms worry less about school and have higher expectations for success than children in content - centered classrooms.

More than one - third of all U.S. children under the age of five are cared for outside of their homes by individuals not related to them.1 Research on early childhood education shows that high - quality child care experiences support the development of social and academic skills that facilitate children's later success in school.

However, on measures of fine motor skills and self - control, girls usually perform better than boys, and these skills clearly contribute to early school success.

These lessons address more than standards: They focus on many of the soft skills we know are critical for student success in college, career, and life — skills such as being able to collaborate, create, solve problems, communicate effectively, and persevere in tasks.

While the curriculum at Success Academy may focus more on tested skills than that at some other schools, the notion that these skills are too basic to be meaningful and are unrelated to critical thinking just doesn't ring true.

But to my surprise, I found that many chess scholars now believe that chess success has more to do with non-cognitive skills than with pure IQ.

District students have lost the most in the current system of education in DC, majorities of whom fail to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for success in life, followed by taxpayers, who spend more than $ 29,000 per student.