Sentences with phrase «time as leader»

«We have been active in Better Marriages — for a time as leader couples — since 1980.

There, he again became part of the history of the Ontario Court of Justice, this time as the leader of the ministry responsible for administration of the courts.

The options add more to the election period, and prove that it's hard to divide your time as a leader.

Portrait of Wangari Maathai, taken in 1989 during her time as the leader of the Green Belt Movement in Nairobi, Kenya.

Then they will put themselves in the shoes of an interviewer who lived at the same time as the leader; they will compose historically accurate questions and answers to those questions.

Throughout his time as leader there have been questions asked about his leadership, questions that only rose as he faced a resurgent Conservative Party and then a Labour government reinvigorated after the Blair / Brown succession.

... and we still need an effective Chair of the Party who has the confidence of the ordinary membership and is not a parliamentarian, but is elected by the membership, at the same time as the Leader and deputy Leader.

A petition had attracted almost 200,000 signatures to save the leader, and a protest is being planned outside parliament on Monday evening at the same time as the leader will face the vote of no confidence.

David Cameron spent his time as leader of the opposition trying to persuade voters that his party was no longer right - wing.

The ridiculous thing is that it is the most modest fares cut I have proposed in all my time as leader of the GLC and as Mayor.

To be fair to Murphy, Scottish Labour's problems predated his time as leader and Labour's collapse has far more to do with what happened in the referendum campaign than anything that has taken place since he took over.

We must not lose the discipline that was the key achievement of Michael Howard's time as leader.

«We used to undertake lengthy negotiations in order to take on board some of their views and amend legislation accordingly,» Baroness Royall explained, recalling her time as leader of the Lords.

These are often cited as the highlights of his time as leader so far.

The Labour leader was addressing the annual conference of the British Chambers of Commerce for the first time as Leader of the Opposition.

And the image of him as weak, adopted as the preferred attack by Tory HQ, simply did not stand up to scrutiny: he showed more courage in standing up the Murdoch press than David Cameron had in his entire time as leader of the Conservatives.

When Paddy Ashdown reflected on his time as leader of the Lib Dems the last thing I expected him to reveal was that he found the chamber quite frightening.

Both sides insisted, as Tony Blair's spokesman put it, that «the links between the Government and Liberal Democrats will continue to develop both in Mr Ashdown's remaining time as leader and thereafter.»

Of course the links between the Government and Liberal Democrats will continue to develop both in Mr Ashdown's remaining time as leader and thereafter.»

Coulson is portrayed in the book as a key figure during Cameron's first months in government and previously in his time as leader of the opposition.

Backbench rebellions dog Miliband's time as leader, while at the same time the Conservatives, now led by the canny Blair, are looking like real challengers.

Cornerstone admired the work done during Iain Duncan Smith's time as leader to promote a more communitarian, Burkean conservatism, and wanted to ensure IDS» work on this front was carried on.

In short, under Tony Blair's time as leader, Labour's right wing economics and neo-conservative international agenda lost Labour four million votes in general elections, despite economic growth at the time.

Aled Roberts brings real expertise to his education portfolio from his time as the Leader of Wrexham Council overseeing dramatic improvements in GCSE attainment levels and, having spear - headed this year's successful National Eisteddfod.

The resignation brings to an end another bruising period for the Conservative party, which saw them associated with a class snobbery Cameron had spent much of his time as leader trying to dispel.

However he did endorse new leader Vince Cable who will address the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth next week for the first time as leader.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

«I can't think of in my time in Queens County when that's even been done, certainly not in my time as the leader of Queens County,» Crowley said.

It's important he uses his time as leader to bring in new talent so by the time of the next election there's a more diverse face [in charge].»

Rev Ratzinger admitted slapping pupils during his time as leader of the choir, although slapping was a common form of punishment in Germany at the time.

Then I was wondering how it can be explained that ancient Egyptian text supports Joseph's time as the leader under Pharaoh or pictures have been taken of chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red Sea or even how recently the location of Sodom has been found.

Three MLAs crossed to the PCs during his time as leader and his leadership opponent MLA Sine Chadi waged a constant campaign to undermine his leadership.

Your Snow Cones might even demand more of your attention and time as their leader or manager.

Not exact matches

As a leader, it's important to keep things simple so you don't have to waste time on micromanagement or irrelevant details.

As we've explained numerous times here at FDD's Long War Journal, both the Taliban and Haqqani leaders have repeatedly denied there is separation between the two.

and his nearly 16,000 followers poured out excellent suggestions for those just finding their feet as first - time leaders.

North and South Korea this week penciled in April 27 as the date for their first meeting since 2007 — and the first time current North Korean leader Kim Jong - un will hold a summit with South Korea.

If you don't have quite enough time for that, here's a distillation of some of the most often recommended books that will get you up to speed as a new leader fast:

At the same time, subordinates were completing surveys at the end of each workday about any abusive behaviour displayed by their leader that day, as well as their own level of work engagement.

«As a first - time, young female founder who quickly grew from three people on a couch to a team of ten, we love how this book clearly outlines so many tactical approaches to communication, being a good leader, and building trust on the team.»

Rather than thinking of delegation as a binary issue -; either you delegate or you don't -; consider what it might look like on a sliding scale where a leader might delegate more responsibility over time as he or she begins to trust the level of competency of their direct report.

As a business leader, it's your job to make sure your team knows it's not only acceptable to break from work from time to time, but expected.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's most consistent message during his relatively short time as a national figure is that the country is about to go broke.

A Perth company that has become a global leader in the education software market is facing uncertain times as main rival Blackboard takes over two of its biggest partners.

These assumptions are wrong, and it's time we pay as much attention to the mental health of organizational leaders as we do their employees — if not more.

Macron, who defeated the anti-Europe, far - right leader Marine Le Pen last month, said that he had always been a defender of globalisation and free trade during his time as minister but that leaders should hear from workers hit by globalisation.

The history is important, as a problematic front - page story in The New York Times, How GOP Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science, illustrates.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«As a leader in uncertain times, I think you have an obligation to be a voice of calm and reason and reassurance and love and kindness,» she says.

Fisher, 38 years old at the time, was regarded as a wunderkind who had quickly risen through the ranks at Target's American command post in Minneapolis, from a lowly business analyst to leader of a team of 400 people across multiple divisions.