Word: listens
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...allowing female executives to release their stifled femininity, women's increased presence in the workplace appears to be taming the corporate caveman in male colleagues. When they are brought in as consultants, say the authors, newly emboldened employees tell them that autocratic alpha managers are abusive and unwilling to listen...
...what direction the Democrats are likely to take, much would depend on whether would-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decides the next two years are about revenge, or about governing--and whether she can keep her troops in line. "They listen to no one," she told TIME earlier this year. "They don't even listen to each other." Pelosi's initial goals, which she says she wants to accomplish in the Democrats' first 100 legislative hours in power, are modest and relatively uncontroversial. She would have the House pass bills aimed at raising the minimum wage, cutting student-loan interest...
Niceness is on the march, darn it. Power of Nice's Thaler and Koval are exporting their philosophy with printings in such countries as New Zealand, Brazil and South Korea. All the female theoreticians need now is to get men to listen. That's an area where Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office's Frankel and The Power of Nice authors enthusiastically agree. Says Frankel: "I spend half my time working with men, teaching them to be more like women. I talk to them about the importance of things like listening, collaborating, motivating and seeing the human side...
...form. The album is a seamless collaboration that marries Echeverri's hypnotic vocals with Buitrago's steaming bass lines and adept arrangements. The first song, Complemento, sets the tone. On the surface, it's a catchy love song, in which the narrator describes meeting her match - or "complement." But listen closely and you'll hear updated surf guitar paired with a subtle layer of those, yes, pan flutes. Echeverri's throatiness gives it an edge. The song is sticky in all the best ways...
Indeed, the point of activism is to draw attention to a cause, and though some may call for more rational argument, all too often nobody will listen no matter how reasonable one is. That’s why activists are so committed to holding rallies, plastering the campus with posters, or staging sit-ins. Activism executed respectfully yet provocatively is a necessary tool in ensuring the most important facet of a Harvard education—the cultivation of political awareness and engagement...