Word: accept
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...McKinsey & Company online survey and study found most executives are unhappy with their company's strategic planning. But it also found that corporate strategies often fail because managers are loath to admit they were wrong and make midcourse changes. Prediction software, Williams argues, makes it easier for executives to "accept uncertainty and move on." It also helps companies practice "strategic agility," a popular management theory endorsed by Donald Sull, a management expert at the London Business School. He argues that chaotic working environments frequently harbor hidden opportunities. "You successfully compete by consistently identifying opportunities and threats and reacting before your...
...odds of getting into college are far better than the panic portrays. Only 2% of students apply to 12 or more colleges, and only 150 of the nation's 3,500 colleges are so selective that they turn down more than half their applicants. Forty-four percent of colleges accept every single applicant. Some graduates do move home after college, but in the 1980s, more 18-to-34-year-olds lived at home than do today, according to census data. Constant distortions like these have unintended consequences. A survey of young Latinos showed many hadn't applied to college...
...Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff who was ostracized for contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's estimates of how many troops would be needed in Iraq. But outside the classroom, the cadets still mustered on the plain and marched in unison, a physical reminder of their willingness to accept and execute whatever mission they were given...
...After reading Claire Readhead’s invitation to go out on a date in Monday’s paper, I immediately emailed her to accept. Claire then sent a message back saying that she would like to go out on the date, but she was busy with prelims right now, so we will have to wait a few weeks. I can’t wait to actually hang out with my girlfriend...
...graduate Gen. Eric Shinseki, who was forced into retirement for contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's estimates about how many troops would be needed in Iraq. But outside of the classroom, the cadets still mustered on the plain and marched in unison, a physical reminder of their willingness to accept and execute whatever mission they are given...