Sentences with phrase «working on the terms of»

Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell survived, but they worked on the terms of the big boys.

Some strategies include working on the terms of the coverage to reduce expenses.

Not exact matches

People who are invested in building a career, however, are much more focused on finding ways to learn and gain experience in their work as a way to go further toward fulfilling long - term goals, which might be running a company or starting one of their own.

«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration in the Caribbean at the University of Miami, told Business Insider for a recent story on coral restoration efforts.

One of the biggest challenges of working with commercial clients is that they often buy products and services on credit terms that give them 30 to 60 days to pay an invoice.

«Director Richard Cordray has proven to be a tireless and effective leader, and consumers deserve to have him serve out the rest of his term working on their behalf,» said Debbie Goldstein, executive vice president at the Center for Responsible Lending.

Yes, there are good reasons why some startups should put working day - to - day on growing their business aside and spend the time instead looking for outside investment, including: gaining the financial and other operational resources they need to move forward; to increase their financial stability, focus (plus peace of mind) in the short - term if they've been growing on revenue, founders» savings and credit cards; and to quickly accelerate their growth in order to capture a massive market.

Overall, the study found «no evidence that personal brain training benefited the participants in terms of improving cognitive performance, working memory, on attention, cognitive flexibility, or inhibitory control,» says Lerman.

By promoting habits like taking frequent computer breaks and putting sleep on the agenda, business owners, managers and employees alike can create a healthier work environment more supportive of better sleep and long - term productivity.

When sales impact and social media metrics are components of individual performance, it helps incentivize marketers to work with the sales and social media teams so that everyone gets on the same page in terms of goals and messaging.

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

Cory Haik, who recently joined Mic as chief strategy officer after working in a similar capacity at the Washington Post, says a big part of what she and Mic's director of growth and editorial products, Marcus Moretti, are working on is an attempt to marry traditional measurements of reader activity with newer ways of determining if readers are getting long - term value from what the site is providing.

He goes on to say, «They get outside of their to - do list of short - term priorities and they realize that the real key to creating more margin in their life isn't about working faster, or somehow «prioritizing» better, it's about learning to think differently.»

We only spend about 10 to 15 percent of our time working on long - term projects that will not impact the business for years to come.

One in a handful of CEO founders on the Fortune 500 lifer list, Smith famously conceptualized FedEx in a college term paper at Yale (he worked as a charter pilot on the weekends).

«The long - term bet is that by enabling people to have good organic interactions with businesses, that will end up being a massive multiplier on the value of the monetization down the road, when we really work on that, and really focus on that in a bigger way,» Zuckerberg said.

«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration at the University of Miami, told me.

In terms of messaging, focus not just on how great your company is, but on how it is a great place to work.

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

«Since 2007 I have been working on Drowning World, a long - term global project about flooding as my way of responding to climate change.

The eight justices, who open their 2016 - 17 term on Monday, will hear arguments on Wednesday in the case of an Illinois man, Bassam Salman, who prosecutors said made nearly $ 1.2 million trading on inside information about mergers involving clients of Citigroup Inc, where his brother - in - law worked.

Large institutional investors are good at focusing on long - term gains, and pension funds in particular must work to anticipate the needs of contributors decades in advance.

Every place I have been to has in many ways provided a set of cultural and mental challenges, but in terms of work, the majority of the places have been developed enough to welcome digital nomads with open arms, with reliable internet, affordable accommodation and plenty of beaches for me to unwind after a sweaty day grinding away on my notebook.

While «opting in» requires making a choice that will put more of the responsibility for long - term savings on the members» shoulders, «it starts to cause them to learn how to contribute to their future, their own retirement,» said John Bird, senior vice president of military affairs at USAA, a financial services firm that works with about 12 million current and former members of the U.S. military and their families.

Park: While I can't speak directly to how many people were working mobile five years ago, we're certainly focused on current and future trends in terms of mobility.

«The problem is that this mode of working - termed «continuous partial attention» - serves to fragment our attention, reducing our focus on the task at hand.

Subtracting the company's current liabilities from these current assets shows how much working capital (your firm's truest measure of liquidity) is on hand and its ability to pay for decisions in the short - term.

«Donald had to agree to every term of every deal and had to sign off on everything,» Kriss, who worked with the real - estate company Bayrock before leaving because he was convinced it was a money - laundering front, told O'Brien last month.

Starting a business whilst employed also allows you to determine proof of concept more safely and to make a meaningful impact in the world doing work that you love on your terms.

Seminars on work - life balance that use terms like «biological clock» and «mompreneur» are tired clichés at women's conferences, but increasingly it's not just working women who are feeling the pressures of having plenty of ambition and money, but no time.

ON WHO SHOULD WORK AT FACEBOOK In terms of attracting people, I think one of the most important things is just being upfront about what you stand for.

The company can't easily take on new work since it lacks what Bathe, using a sports term, calls «bench strength» — high - quality backup performers whom it can enlist at times of increased demand.

In that time, the two sides will work on the terms and conditions of the takeover offer as well as the financing of the deal.

The DNC's recruitment of Lord comes after a disastrous 2016 election cycle for the Democrats in terms of cyber security, in which operatives working on behalf of the Russian government obtained countless emails and information to selectively leak to the public.

Team members get to work on short - to - medium - term business improvement ideas, and come up with a rough assessment of the financial impact and an implementation plan.

Meanwhile, researchers have also cast doubt on the long - term efficacy of «forced fun» at work, finding that required levity can lead to an array of bad outcomes such as burnout among employees, and that these cheerful work cultures often serve to distract workers from excessive control or poor conditions elsewhere in the business.

«Most reputable data firms are using proven predictive modeling techniques on an individual level, whereas Cambridge was guilty of using fancy fake science terms on unwitting politicians who do not understand how data analytics work.

Moskovitz thinks we can, provided we start looking at the real costs of our work — that is, the long - term impact on employees and their ability to contribute meaningfully — rather than just doing the math on short - term metrics like revenue per man - hour, etc..

Current liabilities include notes payable on lines of credit or other short - term loans, current maturities of long - term debt, accounts payable to trade creditors, accrued expenses and taxes (an accrual is an expense such as the payroll that is due to employees for hours worked but has not been paid), and amounts due to stockholders.

«They are working on fairly large projects, and if they get it right in terms of execution, they could have decent earnings.

This rule has worked well for us because it not only helps us stay on budget, but it also make sure that neither one of us strays from our long - term goals.

Macy's is successful in the millennial demographic in terms of «impulse cosmetics,» «impulse shoes,» and «impulse apparel,» she said, but is working on getting them to its stores and e-commerce portals more frequently for other items.

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Your taxable income will not see the same short - term benefit as a traditional, but when you start pulling from your nest egg, there will be no paying the taxman on all of the millions in compound interest you have accumulated over your working career.

The maximum length of any work term is eight - months and then I will return to school for at least one full - time academic semester before going out on another work - term

«This extremely hard - working online marketing team gives us a fantastic stream of great leads while coaching us on the skills we need to turn prospects into long - term customers.»

It is about building long - term wealth and financial independence so you can join a small, growing group of people who want to live the life they want without slaving countless hours on work they don't care about.

If you are able to take on a short loan term or make large loan payments early in the life of the loan, then a variable or hybrid interest rate loan may work for you.

On the other hand, the lines of credit at Kabbage are more suitable for short - term working capital or seasonal inventory needs.

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