In the end, it will probably be Mr Aso's mediocre performance that administers the coup de grace.
The complexities and shifting sands of business life demand total immersion and commitment- anything less leads to mediocre performance.
If you are buying mediocre performance, you are better off getting it cheap.
After several years of mediocre performance, the leadership team felt pressure to do something about it and not live with status quo.
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In a world of bureaucratic money managers with mediocre performance, investors want to believe in the myth of maverick gunslingers who outsmart the market.
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While a low EQ won't outright ruin someone who otherwise dazzles on paper, Mr. Garcia says, a high EQ in certain cases, at least can offset mediocre performance elsewhere.
"The current system of academic selection at age 11 has contributed to what is in fact a mediocre performance of the school system in Northern Ireland by international standards, " the statement added.
Mastering the at work state of mind promises breakthrough success for marketers, exchanging the mediocre performance of conventional methods for the high performance of programs radically reset to the way people really live, work, dream and prosper.
So what can supervisors do with new employees who expect to be rewarded simply for showing up, ask for a raise after a month of mediocre performance, and think they are automatically smarter than their experienced older colleagues?
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Given the fat fees in this business and the lack of regulation that gives managers the ability to inflate performance numbers, it is not surprising that many mutual fund operators with mediocre performance in traditional asset classes are getting in the act.
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It was a "mediocre" performance and the 1-0 victory was "flattering" to the German side.
There are strong examples of countries that build the infrastructure very well, but have mediocre economic performance.
The editorial points out that near-zero interest rates on cash investments have created an environment where corporate managements have been able to mollify their boards and shareholders with very mediocre profit performance.
So, in summary, the IPO Classes of 2010-2011 have seen mediocre to poor performance to date, although a couple of outliers have some promise.
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But today it almost guarantees that exceptional performance goes unrewarded and mediocre work goes unpunished.
The consequences of a permissive race-day look-the-other-way performance enhancing drug culture has allowed mediocre horses to defeat horses born and trained to perform at superior levels than the otherwise also-rans.
But the tablet itself was bulky, performance was sluggish, battery life was mediocre and there weren't even that many Android apps designed to be used with a pen.
As more pan-European indices become available, some mediocre fund managers may compare their funds with the least challenging benchmark in order to beautify their performance, leaving clients in a marketing haze.
Officially there are performance evaluations within the military, but in practice they tend to give high marks to mediocre performers, he writes.
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