Sentences with phrase «to step up»

Much like the Civil Rights era in the US succeeded in part because individuals who didn't have something clear to gain stepped up publicly as allies, Leader - Chivée sees a similar parallel with women in the workplace, noting that «it takes a lot of men stepping up» to help effect long - lasting change.

Even before you step up to the podium to kick off your presentation, you're getting invaluable exposure for your business, since it will feature prominently in any marketing materials promoting the event.

They step in, step up, and sometimes step outside their comfort zone to do something selfless, just because they can.

Unless Apple can step up the pace on innovation, Chinese tech addicts aren't going to be selling their kidneys for one of the U.S. giant's products anytime soon.

Do you step up your game after customers sign on the dotted line?

Donald Trump's plan calling for six weeks of mandatory paid leave for new moms is a step toward wooing women voters and a step up from current federal law — which doesn't require companies to provide any paid leave — but it's still behind the times for the business world.

Great employees have a feel for the issues and concerns of those around them, and are willing to step up and ask questions or raise important issues when others hesitate.

If not, you'll need to step up to the plate.

You'll also want to step up your vacuum game.

Choose a competitive, expansive industry and it will force you to step up your game just as starting your own company forces you to stay in the game.

They have the same classic charm as a flask, and they'll step up most outfits to look a little more competent and established.

It would be a step up from the bins with $ 1 tchotchkes that currently welcome shoppers.

She stepped up to the challenge and, in the process, morphed the company from a construction company into the million - dollar construction management business, Burgess Services.

And as that date approaches, we're seeing new titles step up.

Remarkable employees have an innate feel for the issues and concerns of those around them, and step up to ask questions or raise important issues when others hesitate.

«In the interim, we need someone to step up in a true leadership position, almost like the Ontario Securities Commission, to provide guidance about the appropriate way to do this,» he says.

The attacks in rapid succession were a grim reminder of the strength of both the Taliban and Islamic State's emerging Afghanistan branch to wreak violence despite stepped up U.S. air attacks under Trump's new policy for the 16 - year - old war.

Russia, meanwhile, has stepped up its airstrikes against ISIS targets in the jihadists» de-facto capital of Raqqa at France's request.

To continue reaching your target audiences, you must either step it up in terms of content or consider allocating a budget for Facebook advertising, even if it is just a small one to start.

The company is aiming for business travelers who want a step up from first class on commercial airlines and hopes to bring private travel «down to a level where people will fly it around the country.»

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

I think you have to hope that... they step up, as Bell has done and make these kinds of investments that triggers a response from their competitors and that other people are at least prepared to look, even if it's on a limited basis like Beanfield has, at coming into the marketplace.

With access to growing markets, a skilled talent pool and comparatively lower living costs than the Valley and its other Western counterparts, East Asian cities are stepping up to win over entrepreneurs.

Not only will this foster a collaborative environment, but, you'll also get a sense of who steps up to help others.

Nonetheless, the company will have to step up its game due to the impending introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May — so its attempt to comply with that sweeping reform may end up also being dressed up as its response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Shares in Geopacific were up 9.3 per cent today as the company announced a $ 3 million rights issue, with the company planning to step up exploration activity at its Cambodian Kou Sa project.

Finally, as a coworker and part of a team, you have a choice to step up.

The only reason to step up to a MacBook Pro is if you really need the extra power for intense tasks, like high - resolution photo or video editing.

The larger investors need to step up.

This valuable evidence is indicative of the power of content marketing, and is one more reason for you to step up your game in terms of offering valuable, free content that solves a key problem for your target audience.

He added: «You have to take responsibility for this as a media company because you are not a passive, sitting there, digital engineer, tightening the digital pipes, with your digital spanner, and not responsible for the flow - through content... you are responsible and you have to step up and take responsibility.

They strive to make us all take a big step up from the mindless networking we've been doing, to a high degree of effectiveness at being the kind of connector they're writing about.

«Customers have more choices, so companies have to step up and design better.

When «Step Up» was released in summer 2006, Tatum and Dewan were officially dating.

Ontario politicians and civil servants need to step up their efforts and expand their focus beyond these usual suspects.

Bringing refugees to the U.S. will be a long and arduous process that may never come to fruition — but that doesn't mean businesses can't step up in other ways.

A lot of companies have stepped up.

I was at a conference for technology CEOs a couple of years ago, and a former head of Canada's civil service said the government has done all of the policies right, and now it's time for the business community to step up.

YouTube creators and ad agencies have griped in the past that the company could be doing more to support and promote them, and the company has stepped up its efforts.

It is now stepping up its efforts to make the project a reality.

To celebrate the 10 - year anniversary of «Step Up,» Tatum and Dewan recreated the famous lift from the movie.

To see a woman step up and take the place of a man thats been accused and is resigning because of his own history with sexual harassment,» said Jean Sinzdak, associate director at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

Will Facebook step up and acknowledge its role in informing the public?

But they step up and deal with these problems.

Returning to the projection that there will be 18 million people with a million dollars or more by 2021, we can also project that there will be a slew of new, non-bank financial services that step up to fill the gap.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

Here's how business people are stepping up to help.

«We're going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation.»

A federal initiative to cultivate the next generation of women directors is floundering because leaders won't step up

Tatum and Dewan famously met on the set of «Step Up» in 2006.