This is because the work of board members and other senior management does not involve executing tasks sitting at a desk.
After all, if they work for the board, Jackson said, they should report to the Board.
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In fact, learning about a new industry is part of the appeal of board work.
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Hennessy says that his outside board work has made him a better president.
Based on that work, the Board concluded that the proposed all-cash transaction is in the best interests of stockholders.
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They must now personally sign off on financial reports, comply with Sarbanes-Oxley's requirements for internal monitoring, work with the board's audit committee and the company's internal auditors.
On a wall hangs her "work in progress board, " covered with yarn samples, color groupings, photos of needlework patterns and printouts diagramming where various yarn patterns should go.
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One of the directors near the top of our list says that board work keeps him busy, but that he was much more consumed when he ran a company.
"I hope to work with the board and management team to build on his legacy, to put this sorry episode behind us and rebuild the reputation of the club, " said Wall.
Ray Manganelli, a vice president and senior managing director at Tunnell Consulting, learned about his current job through his work as a board member of the Association of Management Consulting Firms.
But most importantly we chose to work with investors and board members we know, respect and trust.
The feather-bedding that required firemen on diesel engines into the 1970s is gone, and most on-board personnel work hard.
"We need to get back to the drawing board and work our backsides off, " said Clarke who averaged a disappointing 21.44 with the bat.
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Flintshire council said it will work with the health board and home staff to "ensure residents receive appropriate on-going care whilst alternative arrangements are put in place".
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Last year's survey found that figure had risen to an average of 173 hours, including preparatory work such as reading board papers and travelling back and forth to meetings.
Presidents of the General Conference direct its work, ensure observance of its rules, and participate in the work of the Executive Board as advisors during the two years of their tenure.
Bob Tooby, head of service for the Cardiff and Vale area of the Welsh Ambulance Service (WAS), said it would work with the health board to ensure that patients remain the priority.
"Dan's very much a trigger puller, but the stuff he can do in a moment's notice isn't always going to work, " says board member Mark Jennings, a founder of the venture firm Generation Partners.
We need to take the challenges and opportunities on board and work together to make the most of our ports, large and small, and the multitude of first-class attractions in an expanding international market.
Melinda, 32, is no longer at Microsoft, and she is active in charity work and on the board of Duke, where she studied computer science as an undergraduate and then got a graduate degree in business.
We too hope that this enthusiasm and goodwill will guide the work of this Executive Board as it moves to define the organization and guide our efforts to improve the lives of women, their families, and their communities.
These functions work alongside the on-board dual-band wireless as well as the newest Bluetooth 4.0 standard.
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This disease prevention work is happening across the board: in human genome sequencing, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and autism.
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The majority of the work streams take on-board the essential aspects of our future policy for population and migration.
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Acupuncture in Medicine has all the trappings of a real journal, including an editorial board whose members work at respectable medical schools.
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The German motor parts company has recommend closure of its Vale of Glamorgan site to its board, transferring work to Hungary in 2011.
In the meantime, the Board has important work to do.
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