Sentences with phrase «up to board members»

Toughness: If Chris Cerf believed in something, he would fight for it, whether that meant managing up, tussling with legislators, standing up to board members, or taking on critics far and wide.

When appropriate, he has stood up to board members and management who have run the co-op for decades with little opposition.

«It should not be up to a board member to have to bring this up at a meeting to promote that a school is doing well,» Ratliff said.

Kane and Tess give big paws up to board member and Tenant Advocacy Specialist Paul J.

Not exact matches

There is another oddity at Barça too: The president and board members are required to put up 15 % of the club's yearly revenues as collateral when they're voted in, as a guarantee against possible losses.

«He may believe (possibly correctly) that the next day, trade ministers will be lining up in Washington to negotiate bilateral FTAs, ready to accept U.S. terms, thus handing him another victory,» Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of the international law program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and Hector Torres, a member of the International Monetary Fund's executive board, wrote in an op - ed on January 30.

That's the difference between a regular advisory board member and an advisory board member who's going to pick up the phone on Sunday morning.

Pitch your company to several firms and try to simultaneously line up more than one offer, says Noam Wasserman, an entrepreneurship professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business (and a member of Inc.'s advisory board).

In this Jan. 26, 2012 photo, members of the Megado frequent fliers group line up to board an American Airlines aircraft at Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas.

The board, too, has been restructured, with nearly half the members having been appointed by KKR, Pessina, or activist investor JANA Partners, which ended up with two seats and the right to veto a third after buying just 1 % of the company.

Specifically, the provincial government proposed forcing companies to either set up diversity policies that include specific goals for hiring female board members, or explain why they refuse to do so.

Since then, the company's had to weather such self - inflicted wounds as a pretexting scandal in which a board member, an executive and HP - paid investigators faced criminal charges for spying on journalists; the $ 1 billion acquisition of Palm Computing in 2010 to beef up HP's mobile capabilities; then the sale of Palm's intellectual property.

«The challenge that comes up is board members become friends, and it becomes social network, so knowing then when to flex, or push, or step back can be harder.

So here is the question I want to explore: In our ecosystem, whether as a leader in a start - up, or as an investor or board member, is experience more often enabling or constraining?

The firm, which has vied for months to consummate its proposed deal, is leading an effort to replace six members of Qualcomm's 11 - person board of directors — a move that, if successful, may as well seal the tie - up.

Weintraub says write up a list of ideal board members, then reach out to anyone on it.

In - person attendance at board meetings fosters far better communication and deliberations between board members, but it looks like Sanofi directors appear to attend these meetings by call or video so regularly that the company has set up a separate pay scale based on their location.

As Elliott ramped up its pressure on Arconic, friends and colleagues of Kleinfeld, along with board members of Arconic, reported more suspicious run - ins: Others who live near the CEO were followed to a local restaurant by strangers who then approached the couple; they claimed to be considering investing with Kleinfeld, but first had a few questions.

He drummed up interest for the $ 15 item by posting messages on Web bulletin boards that catered to his target customers, which include balding men, hardcore athletes, members of the military, and aspiring bohemians.

But more recently, the personal animosity between the two has ratcheted up and Sumner has sought to undermine her ability to be an effective board member.

But their attempt to remove him and several members of Viacom's board has been tied up in court, with Dauman arguing that Redstone is mentally unfit to make such decisions, and is being manipulated by his daughter.

They came up with a two - part compensation package: a base salary, which the board pegs to what CEOs of similar - size companies in northeastern Ohio earn, and an annual bonus, fixed at 25 % of TRC's pretax profits, which board members feel is a typical CEO profit incentive at privately held growth companies in the region.

So when VanRoekel set out to create Essential Business Server 2008, he began by assembling a 25 - member advisory board, made up of administrators from mid-size businesses.

«Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford's Board, I've had the opportunity to experience first hand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

Dharmesh Shah, a serial entrepreneur and founder of OnStartups.com, says an ideal board member posesses two main qualities: Advisory Value («The person you are inviting has experience and knowledge and can act as an advisor to your start - up») and Brand Value («The person you are inviting has «brand» and credibility.

And while he was fuzzy on many details, giving lots of partial answers and promises to «follow up», one thing he did confirm was that Facebook board member Peter Thiel's secretive big data analytics firm, Palantir, is one of the companies Facebook is investigating as part of a historical audit of app developers» use of its platform.

The company has also formed a five - member advisory board comprising all the aforementioned investors as it looks to strengthen its management team to ramp up operations and expand presence.

In fact, there were a number of things the CBC producers involved in the story didnâ $ ™ t know about Langâ $ ™ s surprising intervention, namely: 1) She had been paid up to $ 15,000 a pop to conduct speaking engagements at RBC - sponsored events; and 2) She was involved in a romantic relationship with a member of the RBCâ $ ™ s board of directors, W. Geoffrey Beattie.

By resigning as CEO but retaining his board seat, Kalanick has set up the potential for a «power game» to be played between him, his fellow board members and the new CEO, he said.

That's the next opportunity Gannett would have to put up a slate of alternative board members for the Tribune board.

As a recognized as a futurist and gender equity advocate, student of the inclusive talent economy and future of leadership Innovation through inclusion she advises corporate executives and board members from lean start - ups to Fortune 100s, from small community organizations to large global non-profits.

Patti advises corporate executives and board members from lean start - ups to Fortune 100s, from small community organizations to large global non-profits.

It was only after Mr. Kalanick took a leave to deal with his family's personal tragedies that Benchmark for the first time took the position that Mr. Kalanick should be forced to resign and to give up his right to appoint additional Board members — supposedly because he had withheld information that Benchmark in fact knew all about.

The starting point of setting up a board of advisors is to consider what exactly you want to accomplish with the members.

As the conversation progressed, it moved into discussing how and when entrepreneurs should start looking for board members and how to set it up.

«Theresia joined us as our first VC board member and has helped us grow from a 6 - person start - up to over 1000 employees.

Facebook board member Reed Hastings says companies like Facebook are trying to «grow up quickly»

The Treasury can nominate up to two members to a bank's board once it misses six payments, but that hasn't happened in Harbor's case, said Joseph Haskins Jr., its chairman, president and CEO.

He is also a Member of the Dean's Council of Lerner College of Business of the University of Delaware, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Museum of American Finance in New York and a Member of the Advisory Board of MobileNerd, a start - up venture seeking to bridge the digital divide by making access to STEM training content cheap and easy for every person in the world.

Treasurer Scott Morrison said he expects more resignations from the bank the said the report should serve as a wake - up call for executives and board members of other banks and called for it to be read by every board in the nation.

«We are very excited to both launch our COMSA Global SaaS platform, delivering our new suite of software services, and have promising projects like IP.Gold sign up to be our first partner,» said Patrick Spiess, the board member of Tech Bureau Europe.

Shire, a member of Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 stock index, said its board agreed to extend a Wednesday regulatory deadline to May 8 so Takeda can conduct more due diligence and firm up its bid.

Seth is a past co-chair of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, an advisory board member for the Columbia Institute's Centre for Civic Governance, and an advisor and instructor for Next Up, a leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice.

But allegations of sexual abuse related to BJU and the school's response have been ongoing at least since 2010, when former board member and former Trinity Baptist Church pastor Chuck Phelps was accused of helping to «cover up repeated instances of sexual abuse committed more than a decade earlier by an older male parishioner against his step - daughter.»

In addition to the employees who have criticized Eich's appointment and the three board members who have resigned in protest, several self - identified LGBTQ employees have spoken up to defend Eich, not because they agree with his views on marriage, but because they believe he is fit to lead with the sort of openness Mozilla has always known.

A member of the WHC board, who was also an investor in Mexican Restaurants, brought the company to WHC's attention over concerns it was not being run properly, staying stagnant and not living up to its potential.

Eventually, the BA Board of Directors, which is made up of brewery members, decided not to move forward with the seal.

o.t does anybody on here honestly think we might try and make a move for klopp this summer are the board that aggressive enough to make the decision also wenger has not come out straight away to denied that klopp is coming to arsenal he just batted the question away in the press conference yesterday this makes me wonder if wenger is going to sit down with the board and have a chat to see what is the best way forward for the club (maybe moving upstairs to the boardroom so he doesn't have to break his contract) i am sure if certain members of the board saw this as a prime opportunity to move the club forward post wenger we will see what will happen this might be the only chance to get him as we might not be any decent manager around when wenger does retire we would probably end up with martinez instead realistically who do you think we would end up with in 2 yrs time options will be more limited me thinks and we wil have missed the boat better make it count this time coyg

Arsenal board members hve to wake up and wenger has to stop his arrogance and tell fans to settle us down so that we can get behind the team.

Why should a board member come out and declare that we have a lot of money to buy any player on the planet (save Messi and R7) just to end up buying Fu Kin Gi No Wan?