Sentences with phrase «taking such a leadership»

[But] VANOC is taking such a leadership role in sustainability, their influence is a catalyst for change.

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When picking leaders, for instance, managers learn to look beyond the male stereotype — a strong, take - charge authoritarian — and watch for behaviours that suggest leadership in women, such as effective information - gathering and collaboration skills.

The objective behind the new Canadian - led board is to make sure that, as we take advantage of Penguin's global resources, in areas such as information technology and sales and marketing, we also maintain a distinct Canadian identity with passionate local leadership.

Such efforts have become more prominent under Xi as the Chinese president vows to take on a leadership role in global affairs from trade to climate change to cyberspace governance.

«Are you aware of anyone in leadership at Facebook who was in a conversation where a decision was made not to inform your users,» she asked, «or do you believe no such conversation ever took place?»

Join us and hear first - hand from Mr. Kevin Vickers, Ambassador of Canada to Ireland, about his personal experiences of leadership after a crisis and the critical steps you should take to prepare for such an event.

Such leadership would take American power into lands about which Americans previously knew very little.

Members of all the counseling - therapy professions should take active leadership in developing such a network in the churches, high schools, colleges, adult education programs, and in all health care and counseling agencies of their communities!

Most clergymen are delighted when a layman takes active leadership in beginning such a project.

On behalf of the beverages industry, we have already taken leadership roles across key issues in question, such as container deposits, dietary guidelines, front - of - pack labeling bottled water regulations, maximum residue limits in juice, and caffeine policy reviews, to name a few.

Mentality issues such as leadership, consistency and a knowledge of what it takes to win are all lacking in this Arsenal squad and we just can not get the formula right when it comes to trying to challenge for an entire campaign.

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.

But perhaps it does take a cogent leadership to condemn such universalisation of punishment.

Taking that into consideration, rather than essentially being a populist shield for Labour ministers, we need a grassroots, ground - up effort that will function independently of our leadership until such times as our leadership ceases to function independently of us».

He also preferred stabilisation in the «frozen conflicts» in the near abroad, while taking a carrot and stick approach to internal secession, becoming entangled in a military quagmire in Chechnya, while simultaneously successfully concluding secret deals with leaders of recalcitrant Russian republics such as Tatarstan to buy off and co-opt separatist leaderships.

But the British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path and as such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.

Jerome Bonso, Chairman of the National League for Free and Fair Elections, told IRIN in Kinshasa underlines that these elections are taking place in a different context from 2006: «We have to consider events such as the Arab spring where the population spearheaded change in their countries» leadership.

Such is the fate of every ideologue once he takes a leadership...

«I am excited to see where her dynamic combination of experience and leadership will take our Central Services Department, as it plays such an essential role in the function of Oneida County Government.»

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

Did he want a strong shadow cabinet colleague who would, on occasion, feel able to speak out against the views of his leader and perhaps the wider shadow cabinet or did he want such a big beast roaming the backbenches, taking potshots at the leadership at will?

He has also taken individual action to set an ethical standard, such as cutting up his state - issued parking placard — which read «on official police business» — and refused his lulu, a $ 9,500 payment ostensibly for the extra work of being on a committee, but one he said is used by the leadership to secure a member's loyalty.

County Executive Hein's leadership on big environmental issues like fracking and oil and gas pipelines has been stellar, and he has also given his attention to the details of taking care of our more vulnerable populations, such as elders and veterans.

At the risk of sounding cynical, everything about this — including the perfect timing — suggests to me that it's being staged: 1) Labour is on course for a huge defeat 2) no - one wants to take on the leadership of the doomed party at the 11th hour 3) GB's popularity (such as it is) is at an all - time low Given that no - one else wants the job on the eve of such a crushing defeat, surely the only chance Labour have of gaining support and mounting any semblance of an election campaign is to first restore some faith in their battered leader.

«It is common in Yoruba land for people who are supposed to watch your back to collude with external aggressors and destroy their leaders to take such (leadership) position.

But there was also internal Labour criticism that he lacked the leadership skills to take the party back into power and that his focus on issues such as zero - hours contracts and taxing the rich was too narrow.

As at UC, putting such a plan together would take leadership, vision, and a great deal of work.

Such «personal leadership» can manifest when «someone identifies what is important to them and then takes action based on these values and beliefs,» writes Kearns, who co-runs a professional development training company called ThinkWell and is also a consultant in the Professional Development Unit at Flinders University, both of which are in Adelaide, Australia.

He praised Marrett's «willingness to take on such an important leadership role» and said that Olsen would help improve NSF - wide management practices «in areas such as strengthening merit review and interdisciplinary research processes, workforce planning, Program Officer training and development, and succession planning.»

Co-author Prof Michelle Ryan noted: «Understanding the nature of gender differences in risk taking is particularly important as the assumption that women are risk averse is often used to justify ongoing gender inequality — such as the gender pay gap and women's under - representation in politics and leadership»

Previous studies about income disparities in the life sciences didn't take into account factors such as holding leadership positions.

«Studies found that elementary schools were pretty well taken care of with after - school child care, and high schools had such high - caliber programs as youth - leadership development and arts and theater,» says Salmons, who points out that middle school students, meanwhile, were vastly underserved.

There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable instructional leadership, clear expectations and common language around school or district initiatives, creating a culture of risk taking, etc..

There were also in - school challenges, such as limited funding to support professional learning, difficulty in taking time away from teaching, and leadership or management not supporting teachers who wanted to access subject - specific learning rather than something that was a strategic priority for the school.

In the past year, more than 20 participants took part in Principals» Center leadership institutes and K — 12 teaching and learning programs such as The Transformative Power of Teacher Teams and Data Wise: Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning.

Beyond the conventional roles such as student government and team captains, leadership emerges when we encourage our students to take on big issues that have an impact on the world outside the classroom.

Teams of directors, leaders, and those who are responsible for directly supporting teachers in their work, such as instructional coaches, supervisors, or teachers who take on leadership roles

Teachers in shortage areas, such as science, or teachers who take on leadership roles, such as being a peer evaluator in the new teacher evaluation system, will receive pay supplements as well.

The business world knows what kinds of leadership skills it takes to become such an expert.

Instead, they envision a different form of accountability, such as that in a small professional firm, where one person takes on both leadership and administrative responsibility to coordinate a variety of teaching personnel and supporting technology tools.

Each student then volunteers to take on a specific leadership role, such as being the group scribe (who is responsible for taking notes and paperwork), the marshal (who keeps the team on schedule), and the liaison (who interacts with the teachers on the group's behalf).

Team members invited by directors and leaders — those who are responsible for directly supporting teachers in their work, such as instructional coaches, supervisors, or teachers who take on leadership roles

For example, when a principal is «monitoring» student dismissal at 3 p.m., that responsibility should be viewed as both management and leadership, Dr. Alvy said, because the principal is making sure students are safe as they are leaving school and taking the opportunity to talk with students, teachers, and bus drivers about the day and important educational issues — such as, «Monica, I heard you did great on your math test yesterday; well done!»

But with the current Republican leadership targeting school aid for unprecedented cuts, such visits this year are taking on greater urgency.

Unlike the common practice of the corporate world, where there are systematic and continuous initiatives to grow and develop a leadership culture that can take on responsibilities, education makes no such investment of resources in future leaders.

Teachers need support and freedom to focus on their own professional development and as such they can not take sole responsibility for CPD provision: school leadership, school culture and even national policy must also play a significant role.

Students take an active leadership role and engage others such as their peers, teachers, parents and other community members, to address issues that are important to them.

When public education is under such vicious attacks and the public school system itself may be lost, for a teacher not to take a leadership role is tantamount to complicity.

Regarding strategic relationships, a number of school systems are taking on broader efforts to partner with principals in areas such as talent management, fiscal leadership, curriculum, and teacher professional development.

Leading for Equity: A Practical Framework for Board Discussion and Action Using a framework developed by the Arizona School Boards Association, participants will unpack five essential and interrelated areas through which school boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational potential.