Sentences with phrase «than talent in»

The UCL is more than talent in a team.

Not exact matches

At Egon Zehnder, we have learned in much of our work with many of the leading Chinese tech giants and startup unicorns what type of talent is likely to thrive in China, which prioritizes the more nuanced «soft» skills of adaptability, flexibility, and potential rather than simply the «hard» skills of language fluency and past work experiences.

Just remember, in the end, you want your talents and contributions at work to stand out more than your quirks.

Jobs believed more in his own talent, in his ability to learn and persevere and overcome obstacles, than he did in conventional wisdom, the status quo, and what other people thought.

Their employees volunteered about 188,000 hours in communities in 47 countries, with more than 40 % of their time spent devoted to providing their unique talents and abilities (skills - based volunteering).

Home to as many as 7,000 start - ups and more than 40 unicorns — businesses with a valuation of more than $ 1 billion — opportunity and talent abound in the sprawling megacity.

Now in its 16th year, the programme attracts more than 80 entrants across all industries and showcases the acute business acumen of our state's professional talent.

As William Strauss and Neil Howe put it in their seminal book Generations (almost anybody pontificating about generational cohorts is channelling Strauss and Howe, even if they don't realize it), «More than anyone, they have developed a seasoned talent for getting the most out of a bad hand.»

Instead, many of us use it to stay in touch with friends, rather than to show off our talents and attract clients and customers.

Stephens faced challenges as well, including taking on a product - architecture design that was larger in scale and complexity than what was envisioned at the beginning, and growing a culture that fits today's needs in a highly competitive marketplace for talent.

Anders argues harnessing an abundance of talent before it becomes «a minefield of petulance, frustration and selfishness» is even more challenging than spotting skill and character in the first place.

Mitra and Tayeb set up shop in this country because they thought this was where the most creative talent resided (they employ more than a hundred in the U.S.) and because they believed they would get a fair shot, even though neither was born here and one of them is Muslim.

Combine this insatiable demand for talent with a sub-cultural shift of regarding labels such as «nerd» and «dweeb» as positive indicators of nuanced passion rather than pariah - like brands, and you end up with many more people interested in coding.

The company has more people on the in - house talent team than they do working in sales — seven people working full time in recruiting and roughly an additional 12 people who devote a quarter of their jobs to recruiting.

With your EOIs posted on your website or blog, you will begin testing the waters, see who is still available in the labour pool and begin to build your pipeline of talent so that when that big order comes in sooner than planned, you already have a talent pool to draw from.

And with just 46 million Gen X behind them, as compared with more than 70 million Millennials, the talent gap will require hiring from the youngest generation in the work force.

Still, Waterloo is better equipped to deal with such shocks than most cities, owing to the presence of two universities and the calibre of talent in the region today.

Startups should seek to grow their companies with a strong foundation of in - house talent and technology rather than rely on an army of outsourced help.

As any local tech company grows, it must eventually confront the fact that the Canadian talent pool, in terms of both executives and engineers, is much smaller and less educated than those in Silicon Valley, Seattle or New York.

«If you're trying to create a high - trust organization, an organization where people are all - for - one and one - for - all, you can't have secrets,» Mackey explained in the 2014 book «The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers.»

That soon faded as he came to the realization that being a good steward of the business meant making sure that his employees received more than just a paycheck in return for their time and talent.

40 % of companies think the quality of online talent beats the quality of talent available in their local market; 29 % say it's equivalent (22 % were unsure, leaving just 9 % to report that online talent is worse than local talent.)

As the labor market in the U.S. tightens, employers have turned to perks like paid time off, maternity leave, and signing bonuses — rather than higher wages in some instances — as the carrots they dangle to attract new talent.

He decided that Susan's talent, passion and flair were more important than the fact that her background in technology was a big blank.

In 2007, a paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology described perseverance and passion for long - term goals as «Grit» (a non-cognitive trait that measured persistence), and rated it of equal or greater value than IQ and talenIn 2007, a paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology described perseverance and passion for long - term goals as «Grit» (a non-cognitive trait that measured persistence), and rated it of equal or greater value than IQ and talenin the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology described perseverance and passion for long - term goals as «Grit» (a non-cognitive trait that measured persistence), and rated it of equal or greater value than IQ and talent.

More than talent or luck, grit is what makes the true difference in whether or not you succeed.

To be fair, Gladwell never said that innate talent had no role to play in achievement, but the extent to which inborn ability sways outcomes in this analysis seems much greater than the degree suggested by the 10,000 hour rule.

The conglomerate, which is currently based in Fairfield, Conn., stands to gain more than just new access to tech talent.

By contacting organizations that specialize in helping displaced financial staffers or executives, you might be able to hire top talent for less than top dollar.

Of course, Vaynerchuk is far from the only expert who has argued that certain talents or mindsets are a prerequisite for success, but he's probably blunter than most in discouraging those who don't naturally excel in these areas from pursuing their startup dreams.

The old: Entrepreneurs will execute on strategies to boost market share, raise capital and attract top talent, while VCs will try to maintain their slow upward trajectory after more than a decade in the desert.

In an age where most publications used only stock photos or «in house» photographers, Le Paulmier's talent meant he was able to collaborate independently, giving him far more freedom than had been traditionally offered to artists in his fielIn an age where most publications used only stock photos or «in house» photographers, Le Paulmier's talent meant he was able to collaborate independently, giving him far more freedom than had been traditionally offered to artists in his fielin house» photographers, Le Paulmier's talent meant he was able to collaborate independently, giving him far more freedom than had been traditionally offered to artists in his fielin his field.

The company is in the midst of a massive digitization effort, which means absorbing talent from another less - than - woman - friendly culture — technology — into the company's ecosystem.

In today's world, the war for top talent is fiercer than ever.

This vampire's talent is getting others off track, getting you to set aside your carefully organized list of priorities in favor of his — and, more often than not, his agenda will be of minimal importance.

Fewer than 20 per cent of the company's current staff, several hundred already in Vancouver, are Canadian, he said, largely because talent is scarce.

With a wider breadth of talent in the workforce than ever, companies have access to an incredible array of skills and knowledge, which is great news.

More than 2,500 HR professionals told us that identifying and developing future talent is the most critical skill leaders will need in three years.

Nowadays, being a leader in a company is more than just turning in profits and attracting great talent.

Today's talent shortage is making that more challenging than ever, but companies in the consumer products industry can take a few strategic steps to possibly make things easier.

«America will only succeed in countering Russian influence by turning its current approaches upside down,» Watts added, «clearly determining what it seeks to achieve with its counter influence strategy and then harnessing top talent empowered, rather than shackled, by technology.»

The New York Times» Andrew Kramer reported on the phenomenon in December, writing that «for more than three years, rather than rely on military officers working out of isolated bunkers, Russian government recruiters have scouted a wide range of programmers, placing prominent ads on social media sites, offering jobs to college students and professional coders, and even speaking openly about looking in Russia's criminal underworld for potential talent.»

To combat a tightening talent market, companies must focus on improving productivity and operational efficiencies, rather than relying on cheap and plentiful labor, as some have in the past.

Costs are much, much lower than in Silicon Valley, you can be closer to key customers and there's a lot of talent available.

«There's still more talent (engineers, execs)-- and resources (funding), but the costs and competition for talent and housing are extreme» in Silicon Valley, Mr. Doerr wrote in an email, suggesting perhaps that it may be a less attractive location than before.

We have more resources, more talent and more innovation in the pipeline than any time in our history, and we intend to keep it focused on our biggest growth opportunities.

For more than 25 years, Roberta Chinsky Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, New Balance, The Boston Beer Company and small to medium - size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent.

Peretti first points to a company that started more than 100 years ago, Paramount Pictures, which owned a film production studio, its own cast of talent, and its own distribution channel in the form of theaters.

They toured more than a half - dozen potential sites for a new campus and talked about the technical talent available in the area.

With the lowest unemployment rate in the region in more than five years and a more competitive job market, employers are doing more to try to retain their existing talent.