Sentences with phrase «up to the challenge by»

Bhula added that the Board of Bokpoort CSP have placed significant pressure on the management team to raise the bar regarding overall performance expectations and clearly, the team is up to the challenge by consistently setting new standards not only in production but also through their positive socioeconomic impact and responsible environmental management.

Not exact matches

Those setting up their own consultancies can navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship by attending to these six points.

Moving forward, seed rounds will be increasingly challenging as many angel and seed investors close up shop and capital becomes a little bit harder to come by.

Scorpio and co-founder Sam Zaid were members of Singularity's first class, in 2009; they were challenged by Google co-founder Larry Page to come up with a plan that would, in 10 years, impact a billion people.

One co-founder of a startup with a multibillion - dollar valuation told me he's so inspired by the Facebook CEO and his annual personal challenges, he listens to the soundtrack of The Social Network to psych himself up for board meetings and presentations.

«Playing fields can be leveled, barriers removed, the benefits opened up to all... The challenges posed by protectionism are all too clear.»

Noting the fall in print circulation and the failure for online revenues to catch up, the review will look at the overall health of print media, looking at the range of news available and how the press is adapting to the challenges presented by digital.

However, I do believe that time spent reflecting, bringing awareness and healing to those challenging moments in our life, especially in the presence of a skilled guide, can speed up the process by which we can alchemize the life turmoil we've experienced into superpowers in our leadership and business.

The more challenging task was an «additive cancellation» task where each row of digits was preceded by a target number that the participant was asked to circle and then proceed to cross of any two adjacent numbers that «added up» to their target number.

Staples is setting an example by setting its own company goal of recruiting one million small businesses to sign up for the Challenge, and they are working closely with the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) to achieve their objective.

Beijing hopes to challenge the dollar by setting up a futures market with its own currency, the yuan.

A flurry of White House meetings ensued, with participation by representatives of the Defense Department, to translate Trump's announcement into guidance that could be implemented and would stand up to expected legal challenges.

The partnership with Miami - based Newgard Development Group marks the first step by Airbnb to design accommodations from the ground up for home - sharing, further challenging the traditional hotel industry.

That raises the possibility of court challenges by First Nations, blockades along the pipeline route between Edmonton and Kitimat, B.C., and rallies in major cities during the run - up to a federal election that must be called by October 2015.

Although upstart mattress companies are challenging brick - and - mortar incumbents like Sleep Country by offering lower prices and a hassle - free experience, the company plans to open up to 12 locations annually for the next five to seven years.

BlackBerry, for example, gave up on BB10 because, chief executive John Chen hinted, it cost too much to write drivers for different chips; by going to Android, that challenge is abstracted away to Google.

Varied points of view energize the juiciness of storytelling by challenging assumptions, opening up a world of possibilities to move toward a more honest representation of you... and your true story.

Rather, it is just a clear challenge to be met (Region X), and you are framing it in a somewhat positive light by suggesting that you are going to lift Region X up to that level, instead of making it sound like a thorn in the side of the overall success.

«Though there are thousands of professional investment managers who have amassed staggering fortunes by touting their stock - selecting prowess, only one man — Ted Seides — stepped up to my challenge,» Buffet said in his letter, signed Feb. 25.

Alibaba faces the challenge of living up to the high expectations of investors and analysts after its IPO in September, but its shares have increased by more than 20 % since then, and its $ 285 billion market cap exceeds that of Walmart by about $ 30 billion.

Small business owners are often so caught up by securing new customers, completing projects, dealing with employee issues and a myriad of other day - to - day challenges that they neglect to issue invoices in a timely manner.

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

It is up to leaders to create a work environment that faces challenges head - on by building a strong culture from the very beginning with great talent who will push the status quo.

I recently read an opinion piece by Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini in which he extolls the virtues of greeting the sun just as it's rising each morning: «Every day I get up at 5:30 for my own yoga and meditation practice because I know I'm going to head into a chaotic world where I will be challenged.»

Companies like Paradigm and Textio, for example, are helping major tech companies overcome this challenge by offering trainings and workshops on implicit bias and opening up their hiring practices to more diverse candidates.

An Orange spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that the company denies a recent unsourced report by French magazine Challenges that Orange had reached a deal with Vivendi that would include Orange buying a stake in Telecom Italia — the Rome - based telecom in which Vivendi has a 24.9 % stake — and buying up to 20 % of the film and television production studio Canal Plus Group.

What's more, shopper traffic was up again, a notable achievement given the challenges faced by rivals from Target (tgt) to Macy's (m) to get people to come into stores over the holidays.

GREEN Line Investor Services has taken up the challenge laid down by E * Trade and drop - ped its lead brokerage rate to $ 28 for online trades up to $ 10,000.

DigitalOcean directly challenges Amazon Web Services by providing big, powerful virtual services, but aims to one - up the competition by putting developers first and making things as streamlined as possible.

Glamour work gets you noticed by higher - ups, gives you the opportunity to stretch your skills with a new challenge, and can lead to your next promotion.

And International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol recently suggested that Canada should meet the challenge by expanding production in the Alberta tar sands and opening up the B.C. coast to oil and gas exploration.

Finance Friday's gets off the ground with today's post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we'll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders» equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

But BuzzFeed is facing challenges similar to those faced by both traditional and start - up media companies.

Part Five: Facing the challenge of two - sided networks, the founders discuss how they overcame this: by building up both sides, little by little and making sure to deliver on their small guarantees.

Strike up friendly competition by challenging your reps to see who can book the most meetings or demos this week.

Employers need to join together with the federal government and the financial industry to encourage the provinces to act by stepping up to the challenge and enacting enabling legislation across the country.

If you are up to the challenge, our comprehensive step - by - step curriculum will give you the structure, mentor support, and global network you need to start an enduring company.

Also, they point to the favorable set up from the Commitment of Traders Report, and expect a rebound to challenge resistance at $ 1350 followed by the quadruple top at $ 1355 - 57 (3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs).

Ukraine can take the lead on fighting corruption by picking up the Irish initiative in 2013 and appointing top international experts to supply guidance as well as by inviting these experts to take on corruption in Ukraine itself as a first - order challenge.

Also, they point to the favorable set up from the Commitment of Traders Report (above), and expect a rebound to challenge resistance at $ 1350 followed by the quadruple top at $ 1355 - 57 (3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs).

By showing humility, exhibiting confidence without appearing cocky, being kind, and remaining realistic, a leader forges a clear path to the envisioned destination and doesn't give up despite challenges that arise on the way.

The genome prize was conceived by geneticist J. Craig Venter, a kindred spirit who left the National Institutes of Health (NIH), frustrated by its bureaucracy, and then set up a company to challenge it in a race to decode the genome.

This volume helps you: Understand the business results you produce by learning how to manage up; Cultivate a mutually beneficial relationship with your manager; Communicate effectively with your boss about priorities and problems; and Negotiate win - win solutions to on - the - job challenges with your supervisor.

Knee - jerk loyalty to American regime change projects drove both, but they were nevertheless strange policies to be taken up by a country that has its own challenges with national unity.

START Hack is an entrepreneurial hackathon, a coding competition where over 350 computer scientists, engineers and programmers yearly find their way to St. Gallen to work on challenges provided by corporate and start - up partners.

The challenge of judging how much response was necessary has been complicated by the global credit turmoil, which has had the effect of pushing up actual borrowing costs relative to the cash rate the Reserve Bank sets.

Level up by finding new opportunities to challenge yourself.

Krauthammer challenges his readers by asking if they would hesitate to hang a man by his thumbs if doing so were necessary to defuse a ticking bomb that would blow up New York City.

But fired up as I was about porn culture and sexual violence, and questioning attitudes towards women in the Church, I felt bombarded by messages about conservative «biblical womanhood» that I couldn't identify with and that didn't seem to do anything to challenge the injustice I saw.

In fact, dogmatic theology can make us more resistent to Grace, «knowledge, when it is not transformed by love, «puffs up», feeds instead of challenging the narcissistic ego.