Sentences with phrase «than a great executive»

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At the announcement Monday morning, Loblaw executive chair Galen G. Weston noted that Loblaw's $ 30 billion in food sales each year is far greater than Shoppers» $ 1 billion figure, the CBC reported.

In a study of 16 countries, Americans had the greatest disconnect on the income gap, believing that top executives make about 30 times more than average workers.

In a survey of executives from 91 companies with revenue greater than $ 1 billion across more than 20 industries, Innosight asked: «What is your organization's biggest obstacle to transform in response to market change and disruption?»

Mike Caro, an author, casino executive and professional poker player, once said, «Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.»

The competitive pressures were so great to develop self - driving cars in 2015 that the then Chief Executive of ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc, Trevor Kalanick, decided that «winning was more important than obeying the law,» Verhoeven said.

Twitter executives again noted on Monday that the service's reach is actually far greater than its 284 million users, citing hundreds of millions who visit the website or are exposed to Twitter content without logging on.

«It's more than just a feel - good kind of agreement,» says Manley, now president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, which has lobbied for a greater Canadian corporate presence in Asia.

Peabody's problems have only expanded so far in 2015: Forecasting greater losses than originally anticipated, the company reduced its dividend, laid off workers and even cut the salaries of its top executives temporarily in a desperate attempt to keep the company afloat.

According to a 2013 survey of more than 22,000 business executives by the Katzenbach Center at Strategy &, most leaders understand the key point I just mentioned — that culture plays a critical role in achieving great financial performance - and successfully leading and managing change.

Indeed, GoodLife's constant expansion may pose a greater challenge to its success than any other chain, says FICC executive director Brian Gilbank.

As the trial over AT&T's purchase of Time Warner continued Tuesday, Turner executive Richard Warren said it would face greater risks than cable, satellite and online video providers during a showdown over fees.

«It seems that, with our company and maybe this sector generally, the subsequent events are greater than the prior period's total events,» said Bruce Linton, Canopy chairman and chief executive, on the company's conference call Tuesday morning.

Female executives across all generations see a greater disparity in pay than individual contributors.

In such firms, the board and executive management assess if the type of employee share ownership offered is likely to have a greater positive effect than any expected dilution.21

Many marketing and sales executives agree the need to understand buyers today is greater than ever.

In the 1960's, America's great corporations behaved more like socialist republics than like cutthroat capitalist enterprises, and top executives behaved more like public - spirited bureaucrats than like captains of industry.

It would be governed by an Executive Board, which would give it greater «flexibility» than a Department.

«Partnering with the Ivorian government, with the support of the World Bank, allows Mondelēz International to have a greater impact and to protect forest areas more effectively than any one actor could on its own,» says Hubert Weber, Executive Vice President and President Mondelēz Europe.

The results of a recent randomized trial of CSRP showed that children who spent their prekindergarten year in a CSRP Head Start classroom had, at the end of the school year, substantially higher attention skills, greater impulse control, and better performance on executive - function tasks than did children in a control group.

Regarding the change in the PIT outlook, the Enacted Budget Financial Plan says «taxpayers and employers appear to have been anticipating that the Federal government will lower personal income tax rates in 2017, prompting a shift of capital gains from 2016 to 2017» to an extent greater than DOB anticipated in the Executive Budget plan.

Our ward nurses, doctors and porters not only work under great pressure, but also have to suffer uniform pay scales that give back - office «HR executives» more than their frontline staff, who deal daily with life and death emergencies.

Rather than being a reflection of the marginal productivity of a new hyper - meritocratic managerial class, higher pay is due to executives» greater personal incentives to seek raises once income tax rates were relaxed.

Even though counsel is to some degree «independent» and free from Executive Branch supervision to a greater extent than other federal prosecutors, the Act gives the Executive Branch sufficient control over the independent counsel to ensure that the President is able to perform his constitutionally assigned duties.

«The 2012 redistricting process was business as usual in Albany, with the majority parties controlling the process and lines being drawn for partisan purposes rather than in the best interests of voters, with greater candidate choice and more contested elections,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump said he would «cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities,» roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions shielding undocumented foreign nationals who arrived as children, deport what he claims are «more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country» and get eliminate of visas to foreign countries that will not take them back.

«Forcing small business owners to shoulder an unprecedented $ 15 minimum wage burden will have greater negative ramifications than the governor's tax cut proposal can make up for,» said Brandon Muir, executive director of Reclaim New York Center for Government Reform and Accountability.

According to The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, chief executives of these companies average a salary some 380 times greater than that of their typical worker.

Now about all those Non-Profits that receive Federal, State or City funding and pay there executives salaries greater than the Governor?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has not held a press conference at the state Capitol for more than 250 days, decided to honor Mets great Mike Piazza at the Executive Mansion in an event that was open to state lawmakers but closed to the press.

Steve Stern, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, North Hempstead Town Board member Anna Kaplan, and attorney Jonathan Clarke, all touted their credentials to an audience of more than 150 people at the Great Neck House.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget proposal takes some positive steps forward in clearly acknowledging, for the first time in his tenure, the incredible child poverty and income inequality that exist in our generally affluent state and recognizing the need to give greater property tax relief to those who need it most rather than spreading it too thinly.

«Call me less than impressed - vacationing at a Skaneateles B&B is great, but it in no way represents what life is like in the rest of Upstate, NY,» tweeted Broome County Executive Jason Garnar.

«The prime minister spoke about injustice on entering Downing Street, but there is no greater burning injustice than children being forced into poverty as a result of government policy,» said the Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison Garnham.

It only increases the Legislature's relative power in the budget process by taking the Governor's appropriations bills off the table if they are not all acted on by the start of the state fiscal year and then giving the Legislature greater discretion in amending the «contingency budget» (that would take effect in such a situation) than it has in amending the appropriations bills submitted by the Governor in conjunction with his Executive Budget.

Under a series of executive orders, the governor suspended the comptroller's review and approval of contracts greater than $ 50,000 until at least June 23.

Glenda Gray, executive director of the Wits Health Consortium's perinatal HIV research unit in South Africa, presented data today at the HIV R4P conference in Cape Town indicating that the prime - boost vaccine candidates initially tested in the RV144 trial in Thailand — the only HIV vaccine trial to date to show any efficacy — induced cross-clade immune responses in a Phase I safety trial conducted in South Africa, with immunogenicity similar to or greater than that of the responses induced in Thai volunteers.

Eva Kruse, chief executive of the Danish Fashion Institute, told the Times: «We think that the fact that the industry is taking such an active part in the charter will have a much greater impact, also in the long run, than legislation issued by the authorities and fines.»

«With the whole greater than its individual parts, joined together Serenity and Rose Quartz demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace,» said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute ™.

Her handlers, an MI6 executive (Toby Jones) and a CIA agent who looks a lot like John Goodman, seem to humor her rather than accept as gospel what she says about her experience «working with» Berlin station chief David Percival (another great loose - cannon performance from James McAvoy).

Earlier this month, President Trump signed an Executive Order mandating, among other things, that «for every one new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for elimination,» and that «the total incremental cost of all new regulations, including repealed regulations, to be finalized [in fiscal year 2017] shall be no greater than zero.»

While self - care is more of a habit or practice for your own well - being than an actual classroom management strategy, the benefits include improved executive function, greater empathy, and increased resilience — all qualities that will empower you to make better decisions when confronted with challenging classroom situations.

Chief executive Vikas Pota says it's heartening that parents worldwide understand the importance of a great teacher and would rather spend extra school funding on more teachers or better salaries rather than facilities or technology.

Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project, said charter schools are often a better academic option for students than the conventional school district they came from.

Thomas Gentzel, executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association, noted that the system has evolved over many years from one that offers limited options into one that molds to students» diverse needs — providing a greater degree of choice, in fact, than many private schools.

Government Executive says «ICE officials told the IG they chose to modify the IGSA because it was «more expedient» and offered «much greater flexibility» than a normal procurement process.»

«In less than three years, Scott has helped transform LSBA through effective leadership and a great sense of resolve,» said NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

According to Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project, most Michigan school districts have fewer students than in the past.

The fact it's considerably more affordable to buy than quite a few of its chief rivals is especially worthy of note, and its combination of a well - built interior, a great engine, a sound ride / handling balance and decent refinement levels only add more strings to this svelte executive car's prominent bow.

«The K5 Plug - in Hybrid also boasts an exclusive new powertrain, with greater zero - emissions range than any other Kia hybrid to date and will seek to lead the new energy vehicle market in China,» said Nam Young So, CEO and executive vice president, in a statement.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: OK, I'm not ready to declare this 2012 Mercedes - Benz C250 coupe better than a BMW 3 - series, but, damn, is this a great driver.