Word: disciplinarianism
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...know someone has to be the disciplinarian, it's just that we all prefer to take the cheerleader role. We've become a society of coddlers. Be it to children, employees, or students, we don't come down hard anymore. At least not in the flesh. But with a gadget in hand, we're merciless...
When I first got here, I was a disciplinarian. I put processes in place, thought there was always a right versus wrong. I realized over about a six-month period of time that I was getting on [owner and then CEO Gary Erickson's] nerves. He was an entrepreneur, trying new things. Every rule I set up, he broke it. We sat down and had a beer and realized that what each other had, we wanted a little of. I wanted to be able to release creative energy. He knew he needed processes in place...
Equal parts coach, babysitter and disciplinarian, Emanuel, 46, has groomed Burner and 21 other varsity challengers--seven more than the number of seats that Democrats need to take control of the House. But Emanuel, a lifelong control freak, has a problem that could trip him at the finish line. Although he'll be the one taking the victory lap or the blame, it's not only his Democratic Party. His title is chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)--the "D triple C," as it is known. The national party chairman is Howard Dean, former presidential candidate and Vermont...
...Assistant deans of freshmen are typically people you don’t want to see,” Kargère said. “One imagines a dean as someone who is a disciplinarian...
...Bush hopes to earn his credentials as a fiscal disciplinarian when he talks about the long-term challenges posed by the exploding cost of entitlement programs, which together take up half the budget and are immune to White House or congressional tinkering. He wants to use his remaining years in office to persuade Congress to make transformational, money-saving changes in those programs, especially Medicare...