Sentences with phrase «taking a leadership role in»

«We feel like Whole Foods should take a leadership role in this.

Lazaridis is determined that Canada should take a leadership role in quantum technology.

Canada has taken a leadership role in addressing the health challenges facing women, infants and children in the world's poorest countries.

HR needs to take a leadership role in understanding the full impact on technology as an enabler, enhancer, advisor and disruptor in the workplace.»

The DCC provides the professional advisor an efficient means for getting quickly up to speed on digital currencies, so he or she can take a leadership role in the new economy.

Take a leadership role in working with local governments and communities to pursue mobility pricing (e.g. road tolling, distance pricing, etc.) to fund further investments in public transit and roads; and

Lay Catholics were encouraged to take leadership roles in the church, and the church's relationships with the Jewish community and with Protestants improved dramatically after liturgical and doctrinal changes.

Shortly thereafter they took a leadership role in founding the World Pentecostal Fellowship and its regional counterpart, the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.

While the modern times would certainly allow for women to take leadership roles in religion there is an irony in it as well.

The couple have served 27 years within The Salvation Army, working in appointments across New Zealand and Canada before taking leadership roles in Southeast Asia.

Thus, our failure to take a leadership role in protecting the earth has become, for some, a stumbling block to knowing God.

Second, although they did not take leadership roles in the ritual of carrying the goddess, the members of the congregation at Nagapuram did offer their services as drummers and participants in the procession.

The program had done well, and now Swindoll wanted to take a leadership role in the radio ministry.

She took leadership roles in both the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), and the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, and served on executive committees for both coalitions.

«The business has evolved significantly in 60 years but we have always strived for success and have always aimed to take a leadership role in the industry,» Mr Hart said.

«California growers and vintners are committed to taking a leadership role in producing the finest quality wines with sustainable practices.

As one of the first companies to introduce an organic and fair trade vanilla from Madagascar, we are committed to programs that promote sustainable environmental practices and which enable farmers to earn a successful livelihood in countries where poverty is common.As part of this sustainability commitment, Nielsen - Massey has taken a leadership role in improving the overall health of the vanilla industry, with a particular emphasis on improving economic prospects for the farmers who make the industry possible.

Formed in December 2010 to determine how the Ivy League could take a leadership role in trying to limit concussive hits in football, the committee was co-chaired by Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim and Cornell President David J. Skorton, both medical doctors, and counted among its members various Ivy League head football coaches, administrators, expert consultants, team physicians, and athletic trainers, including Eric Laudano, M.H.S., A.T.C., head athletic trainer at the University of Pennsylvania and MomsTeam expert.

In recent years, our agency has taken a leadership role in improving the nutritional quality and appeal of meals served, such as requiring a minimum number of fresh produce items be served weekly, restricting the amount of processed meat, and requiring vendors to provide a mostly hot supper menu.

She takes a leadership role in policy development, advocacy, and coalition building as well as providing team leadership, staff development, communications and project management support.

Parents need to take the leadership role in the family.

Leadership Investors are committed businesses and organizations that take a leadership role in our efforts to accelerate business growth and prosperity in our community.

The reason I make this observation has to do with the fact that in your first 10 months as Governor you have taken a leadership role in returning some level of fiscal sanity to New York State, and for that you should be commended.

The Oneida County Department of Mental Health continues to take a leadership role in the planning and development of alcohol and substance abuse services in Oneida County.

I am honored to be supported by Emily's List and look forward to ensuring our State Senate takes a leadership role in protecting women's health and advancing women's equality.»

Jay Kriegel, senior advisor at Related Companies, led a national coalition in 1986 that thwarted an attempt to eliminate the SALT deduction, and today he has taken a leadership role in the coalition to protect it.

«Erie County has always taken a leadership role in developing new collaborations with our local municipalities in an effort to provide services as effectively and efficiently as possible — without any incentives or requirements from the state to do so,» Poloncarz said.

Ulster County has truly taken a leadership role in these areas, but there is more work to do.

President John Mahama and late President Mills were accused for bringing on board some young people to take leadership roles in their government who were referred to as «babies with sharp teeth» following their utterances which critics found disrespectful and arrogant.

He also accumulated executive - style experience by helping to build the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at Berkeley and taking a leadership role in several private foundations.

Conlan of NIH advises postdocs to take a leadership role in the lab.

Bob Yokelson, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at the University of Montana has taken a leadership role in many aspects of the research and was in a group of about 20 scientists who selected the instruments to be installed on the large NASA plane.

Vision PNNL will take a leadership role in the incorporation of aerosols into climate models, through integrative research on atmospheric aerosol interactions and through development of innovative instrumentation and measurement techniques.

The IHCU curriculum prepares you to become an advanced practitioner, and to take a leadership role in the health coaching profession.

Prepare graduates to take leadership roles in the field of nutrition education and behavior change in a variety of settings including individual, community, and government.

Ashley Graham / IMG Models — «IMG Models has taken a leadership role in welcoming curvy models onto their main board without being labeled «plus size.»

BBW singles love the BBW admires who take the leadership role in a relationship.

Principal Patricia Green considers herself fortunate that the local Kiwanis Club has taken a leadership role in hooking up the school with a few dozen businesses.

And I love seeing my students take leadership roles in the school.

Rather than try to shut it down — which, by the way, drives it underground and creates a great environment for bullies — Draper argued that the school should take a leadership role in modeling strong social media engagement.

These ideas enjoyed broad support from conservatives, centrists, and liberals, who took leadership roles in charters, education nonprofits, and the foundations that supported them.

«If you really follow the Data Wise model,» City says, «the principal begins to allow teachers to take leadership roles in helping to frame what the instructional challenges are and how the school is going to address them.

Los Angeles — In a speech to Hispanic school - board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standards.

Instead of deferring to other groups, API leaders should take a leadership role in ed.

At Cedar Heights Junior High School in Port Orchard, Washington, principal Patricia Green considers herself fortunate that the local Kiwanis Club has taken a leadership role in hooking up the school with a few dozen businesses.

Take a leadership role in professional and community networks and support the involvement of colleagues in external learning opportunities.

What opportunities did the teacher provide for students to take leadership roles in communicating content?

In passing the new policy at its assembly here, the 3.2 million - member union, the National Education Association, hopes to take a leadership role in the growing national movement to hold teachers accountable for what students learn — an effort from which it has so far conspicuously stood apart.

We are taking a leadership role in this initiative because we consistently hear from our members across the Commonwealth who are increasingly concerned that our schools do not have adequate time, training, support, and resources to develop students» social - emotional skills.

A school nurse with appropriate preparation takes a leadership role in coordinating school health programs and providing student health services.