In a similar vein, Sibneft used to brag about the advanced management and innovations introduced by its enlightened leaders.
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But in fact, far from being a brute, Stanley was enlightened by the standards of his day.
Innovation thrives where it is supported by enlightened leadership and shrivels otherwise.
The police suicide specialist called to the scene, Lydia (Elizabeth Banks) has her own set of problems: She recently failed to talk another ex-cop off the Brooklyn Bridge, so she's dubbed "the grim reaper" by her less-enlightened colleagues.
Once the child is born, however, the Tuscan couple are on safer ground: indeed, Italian Renaissance attitudes towards child-rearing are often much more sensible, affectionate and enlightened than those maintained by many modern gurus.
America has profited by providing a more enlightened climate than the shuttered clubs of Europe.
Such reputational strategies driven by enlightened self-interest operate on at least three strategic tracks.
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And even if Russia were run by enlightened and honest reformers, the Caucasus would be a worry.
By keeping a narrow focus on what he believed was doable, even though naysayers told him it would never pass, and by asking abolitionists to tone down their demands, he demonstrated enlightened self-interest.
But he was by then being backed and managed by McLaren, who took a wonderfully enlightened long term view of their protege's career.
The phrase "enlightened self-interest" has been used repeatedly by administration officials this week in describing the role of business.
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This is because their promises and the figures they bandy about are fact-checked in real time , by journalists and experts, ensuring a simultaneous and enlightened subtitle service that underlines the politicians' rolling spiel.
Unease on this score can only be intensified by the behavior of the preferred candidates for such enlightened control, namely the fearmongering and hints of "nuclear blackmail" by Mikhail Gorbachev and his cadre of supporters.
Innovative cultures maximize learning by nurturing a mindset of enlightened trial and error that allows managers to take advantage of errors to offer new insights.
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