Sentences with phrase «use challenges as an opportunity»

God desires us to use these challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.

They are using this challenge as an opportunity to gather evidence on what their business should and could be.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Resilient people challenge themselves to use their experiences as learning opportunities because they know that's when they really grow.

Future Ready Singapore, 12 February 2015: As the international corporate community rethinks the way it conducts business to address global challenges, solving water scarcity and managing water use could be the top untapped opportunity that will have the biggest positive impact on societies.

We work with a network of teachers who use our framework and guidelines to ensure a consistent and hiqh quality educational experience that can deliver the needed knowledge in your business or corporation to understand the threats and opportunities as well as challenges and paths to grasping this complex and hard - to - grasp technology and theory we call Blockchain.

As the Bitcoin ecosystem evolves and use cases emerge, the public and private sectors will face new challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities.

Working alongside clients such as IBM, Accenture, SAP, Interac, Pepsico and the Canadian government, Genia advises leaders in these organizations on the various use cases, opportunities and current implementation challenges of blockchain technology.

Baking bread at home certainly comes with challenges (or as my enigmatic college calculus professor used to tell me, opportunities for continuous growth).

Seeing dietary challenges such as gluten avoidance as an opportunity, and creating new products using non-grain flours to is important for business sustainability.

As fast - casual restaurants shift away from single use, petroleum - based utensils and containers, the plant - based products coming to the fore present new opportunities and challenges.

Man Utd have bigger challenges ahead as they will take on Real Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup next Tuesday, and so Mourinho will undoubtedly be hoping to use this latest outing as an opportunity to test out his new players and continue to ensure everyone is fully fit for the start of the new campaign.

Instead, use it as an opportunity to show how you've dealt with challenges in your life and the lessons you've learned along the way.

As a result more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have access to training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of more challenging pupils; only 31 % of supply teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.

«And hopefully we can use this challenge (of removing lead pipes) as an opportunity to put people to work.»

The NPP running mate also used the opportunity to challenge the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur who also doubles as the head of the economic management team to answer his long standing 170 questions on the state of Ghana's economy.

«As I speak to you today, there are only about two companies that are still surviving, all the rest has been used for warehouses and this is an industry that one company can employ about 3 thousand people to work, I challenge you to visit Agyeben and visit a company called GTRT, they export 6 hundred thousand T - shirts to US every year and this is because they have the support of US adding that «we often read in the papers that textiles from China has be refused from entering the UK because exportation of textiles from China has reach its point so why won't you take advantage of this opportunity to get the textiles to the UK and now with no tariff» he said

This, then, was an exciting new challenge for me, an opportunity to start up a new line of research using metal - tolerant or accumulating plants as a means of soil cleanup.

Using clips from the internationally acclaimed NOVA - PBS science series, Paula Apsell will discuss how topics are chosen, how to make difficult or controversial material not only accessible but compelling to a wide range of viewers, and how to address the challenges ----- and opportunities ---- science journalists face as they compete for the public's attention in an increasingly fractured and crowded media landscape.

Meditation trains us to use the inevitable challenges of life as opportunities to grow.

Use that as an opportunity to challenge yourself.

But Education Elements is smart to understand both how steep the design challenges can be for districts in moving to blended - learning models — and consequently where the action is today — as well as the opportunities blended learning presents to rethink the use of time in school, such that it can create schools that transform teaching and learning for both teachers and students and rack up some wins in the process.

If it challenges or disagrees with us, we use it as an opportunity to educate and inform both the poster and the public.

This sounded like a fun challenge, especially because since English replaced French as the diplomatic language, there is little opportunity for using French unless you are dining in a restaurant where the entree prices are hidden or miss a highway exit as you are driving north to Vermont.

The key priority for this scheme of work is for pupils to use dance as a medium to express their thoughts and feeling about a serious social issue - alongside the physical challenges of creating the dance are the opportunities to discuss concerns relating to drugs.

Describe your mental manipulation, challenges, and the executive functions you used to create something new as you found the authentic active learning opportunities that activated the students» interest, perseverance, and higher levels of thinking.

We very much look forward to the new challenges and opportunities that will become available to use as we continue to move through the Digital Age.»

As head of the Science Education Department at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Dr. Sadler also leads teams conducting research on preparing students for success in college, teaching science through engineering challenges, and the use of the Internet to provide research opportunities to students through the use of remote telescopes.

The setting was used as an opportunity to discuss the benefits and challenges of working internationally, and educators participated in seminars on a wide array of topics — from advocacy and public policy to technology.

Shealey challenged us to use the support provided through the Holmes network, to glean from each other and all of the presenters at the symposium, and to take this as an opportunity to learn from others before us.

Our 21st century citizens will be presented with challenges and career opportunities that are as yet unenvisaged, using knowledge and technologies which are still to be developed.

The preservice teachers indicated that their experiences were positive, that digital sources had great potential for elementary classroom use in providing students with multiple perspectives, and that they gave the teacher an opportunity to make history real, challenge assumptions, and foster inquiry, as well as help the students to understand the content more clearly.

These activities not only engage students in more intellectually challenging work that reflects 21st century skills, they also serve as learning opportunities for teachers, when they are involved in using the assessments and scoring them together.

Taking a bit of offense at Petrilli's statement that reformers should use Lewis» challenge as an opportunity to win teachers over to systemic reform, Weingarten declares that Petrilli and others should «change course» and «try listening to what Karen and the Chicago educators are saying about how to improve schools».

FEATURES Engages students with the challenge of a puzzle Focuses on the use of text structures and features as a comprehension strategy for informational text Targets clearly stated objectives Provides flexible grouping opportunities: independent practice and work stations Gives immediate feedback for self - checking INCLUDES 20 Student activities on nonconsummable cards 1 Self - correcting Answer Case Teacher Note

This use of the SWAP as a virtual complement to field experiences has created both opportunities and challenges, as teacher candidates realize the limitations of those field placements and of the mentor teachers with whom they work.

FEATURES Engages students with the challenge of a puzzle Focuses on the use of key ideas and details as a comprehension strategy for informational text Targets clearly stated objectives Provides flexible grouping opportunities: independent practice and work stations Gives immediate feedback for self - checking INCLUDES 20 Student activities on nonconsummable cards 1 Self - correcting Answer Case Teacher Note

As the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Blue Ribbon Panel noted, «This demanding, clinically based approach will create varied and extensive opportunities for candidates to connect what they learn with the challenge of using it, while under the expert tutelage of skilled clinical educators.»

«ISDs / RESAs have an opportunity to better use our collective resources and wisdom as educational leaders, including the strengths that lie in our diversity, to enable our state to substantially improve educational attainment for all of its students — Michigan's best future demands no less of us and we must rise to the challenge»

Effective teachers use lesson plans as a reflective opportunity to make decisions on what activities will best meet the needs of students and to predict / plan reactions to student challenges.

During the Academy, experienced administrators will have an opportunity to serve as peer mentors to share from their own contexts about how they are using data successfully, data - use challenges, overcoming barriers, and getting to scale across their districts or schools..

Our studies of students who were using the RCE CD - ROM indicated that these video - based portrayals of challenging pedagogical practice were encouraging and vital to pre-service teachers, providing new and varied learning opportunities, as well as multiple perspectives on the teaching of culturally and intellectually diverse students.

Use this as an opportunity to identify common attendance challenges that might require a coordinated response across the schools in your area.

Some house cats will take every opportunity to climb, and many will use any structure or piece of furniture as their personal climbing challenge.

Nader Tehrani, dean of the architecture school at Cooper Union (where Franch is a professor) described her as «maybe the only person I can think of who can address the realities of the Architectural Association's financial challenges with a bold and frontal stance, using it as an opportunity for the setting of new pedagogical and intellectual priorities.»

I like that idea primarily because it uses a better time scale to consider what's happening as our surging numbers, appetites, awareness, technological capacity and connectedness pose big challenges, but also amazing opportunities, as our growth spurt plays out.

The plan seeks to implement the concept of using the campus as a kind of «living laboratory» to explore innovative and scalable ways of tackling the daunting challenges of climate change, and to use that living laboratory to enhance the educational experience of MIT's students and provide new hands - on teaching opportunities for its faculty.

They highlighted climate benefits, lessons learned, challenges and plans for further scaling up as well as sharing opportunities for mobilizing finance, technology and capacity - building to implement land use actions with climate benefits in developing countries.

Rather than bemoan reactions to the border agent cases, I want to issue a challenge to leaders in Congress: Will anyone in the House or Senate have the courage to use the border agent case as an opportunity to discuss and move forward with needed federal sentencing reforms?

Aaron Street: Yeah, and I think the thing to take away from this little conversation is if you're having client acquisition challenges in your firm, if there isn't enough coming in it could be because your marketing efforts are insufficient and you're not getting enough people to contact your firm but it's just as likely that there are opportunities for you to improve by working on your intake and sales conversion functions of getting the people who call or email your firm to convert into consultations and then clients at higher rates using a variety of client experience experiments and intake improvement experiments.