Sentences with phrase «taken leadership positions»

Whether you want to take a leadership position at your startup or launch your own company, seize the initiative.

Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position in smartphone volumes.»

Moreover, many nations have longstanding cultural traditions that both discourage women from working outside the home and from taking leadership positions.

Her charismatic appearance on stage not only gave the dad - joke peppered event a little more oomph, but it also underscored a bigger conversation we've been having in the tech industry about diversity, strong role models and which companies have been taking a leadership position in that area.

The market will naturally move towards the standards above, but regulators can expedite this process and earn more credibility by taking a leadership position in the process.

I totally agree with you while Energy, Pharma and Consumer sectors are fantastic to own, but, with improving economy that will start firing on all cylinders at some point, financial sector will take leadership position.

«The federal government has taken a leadership position on climate change policy while also enabling greater access to international markets for our natural resources, which ensures that Canadians receive full value for those resources.»

They prayed together, and decided that Gaines should take the leadership position.

Melissa has been involved with and has taken a leadership position in many local and national organizations including Slow Food Chicago (as Advisory Board member), Green City Market (as membership chair), and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (as chair of the Kids in the Kitchen Section), and the Pew Charitable Trust (as delegation member of Supermoms Against Superbugs).

It would be extremely helpful, Cowan said, if New York would take a leadership position in this fight.

Although the NDC has not opened nominations yet, some celebrities and other members of the party have shown their interest in taking leadership positions in the National Democratic Congress.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a leadership position by supporting congestion pricing, which is the best way to fully fund mass transit and reduce gridlock in Manhattan.

«This is saying that we are going to take a leadership position.

This list ranges from talking to one's supervisor about the desire to be promoted; taking executive training courses or, if language is a barrier, taking communication classes like Toastmasters, both programs that are offered at NIH; and honing leadership skills by volunteering for committees in which one can take a leadership position without a promotion.

Snap's Chief Executive Officer Clifford Lerner commented, «Mobile is the primary platform for an increasingly large segment of online dating users, and we were determined to create an excellent experience on all mobile platforms to take a leadership position in the market.

Enable the delivery of the rapidly growing list of premium content available in Dolby Atmos, and take a leadership position in delivering immersive audio for live sports to draw fans closer to the action and the experience on the field.

As Chris describes on his blog, passing around his iPad suddenly created a student - driven learning experience where more of his students had opportunities to explore, hypothesize and take a leadership position in the class.

The people who will work, earn, support families, create jobs, make policy, take leadership positions, and be entrusted generally with protecting, defending, and continuing our democracy are less prepared to do so than any generation in American history.

In 2002 the foundation launched the Broad Superintendents Academy, a 10 - month management training program to prepare people from business, nonprofits, the military and government backgrounds to take leadership positions in urban public education.

No other higher education program has ever reported comparable percentages of graduates taking leadership positions, particularly in 100 % high - need schools.

Please consider taking a leadership position.

Taking a leadership position or studying curriculum development may help you contribute to these efforts.

China seems to have taken over the lead in this emerging market, with Xiaomi taking the leadership position in this space.

It's definitely a positive sign that the new RIM really wants to play ball, and knowing that the QNX operating system upon which the BlackBerry Tablet OS is built already has support for up to 32 cores, it means we should see RIM take a leadership position on the hardware side of things in the future.

Although the company is less than three years old, it has taken a leadership position in private student loans and student loan refinancing.

Instead of investing to put the U.S. in a leadership position on what is almost certainly the energy source of the future, it appears that we are pumping the brakes and «un-friending» countries that are now poised to take the leadership position.»

Companies taking a leadership position on climate bolster their credibility and reputation among stakeholders, including investors, customers, employees, policy makers and environmental groups.

Callahan then took a leadership position with the Washington, DC League of Conservation Voters, then The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and then the Point Reyes National Seashore Association.

«Since 2006 when Sky became the first media company to go carbon neutral, taking a leadership position on environmental issues has always been key to our strategy.

This also means there are numerous opportunities for taking leadership positions and getting involved with different organizations.

I think this is a good segue to this idea of the blurring of the lines, because when you do things in your local community, like participate in local charities, or you take a leadership position in a local organization or association, more and more of those organizations, associations, and the people connected with those things are online.

So I would say that the content that we've seen is really effective both on social media platforms as well as search is evidence of the lawyer's participation in the community, taking leadership positions, participating in charity events.

(1) Take a leadership position in promoting a global, multilateral agenda around arms control in cyberspace.

Overall, Dababneh sought to position the delayed bill as part of his state's efforts to take a leadership position in the industry.

By taking a leadership position in this space, we are positioning our system members for success with the next generation of home buyers and sellers.»

Members of NAPMW stay at the forefront of the evolving mortgage industry by participating in unique education and networking events, taking leadership positions on different boards and committees, and exchanging experiences and ideas in all phases of mortgage banking, on both local and national levels.

Not exact matches

«The 30 % Club is really taking a business - based approach to this, and enlisting the business community itself to perform better in terms of getting women onto boards and in positions of leadership, really for its own self - interest,» Trenowden explains.

Refrain from avoiding taking action just because an employee is a friend or holds a position of leadership.

The study found only marginal improvements toward parity in senior and executive leadership positions since 2012; at the current pace of change, it will take 100 years to reach gender equality in the C - suite.

All too often, people in positions of leadership take a «me versus them» approach.

The opportunity to take on a leadership position in a fast - growing, entrepreneurial firm.

Students will learn to build their own companies, acquire leadership positions and take initiative in the decision - making processes.

Why does it take a full - blown crisis for organizations to bring in women to key leadership positions?

After 10 years at A.S. Watson, Wat moved back to China in 2014, where she would soon take on a number of leadership positions, including her latest one: CEO of Yum China.

If you're in a position of leadership, your team will look to you for explanations, solutions and systems when things start to pick up and transitions take place.

Two other partners took on less active roles as leadership centralized into one position.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

That's a hard leadership position to take when a company does have significant resources, both in money and in employees.

She has held leadership positions and taken several tech startups through both IPO and sale including video company InterVU (now Akamai), rich media company Unicast (now Sizmek), data and social graph company 33Across, and athlete and celebrity endorsement platform company Brand Affinity Technologies.

For now, the only country where Airobotics has received full approval to operate is in its home country of Israel, which — partly because of its position in the Middle East and ongoing conflicts with neighbors — has taken a leadership role globally in building defense systems and doubling down on using technology to advance itself.