Sentence examples for executive missteps from inspiring English sources
Starved for acknowledgement, such followers wait to pounce on any hint of (hypocritical) deficiency, leaving no room for executive missteps.
Merck used the cash infusion to continue paying dividends and buying back stock for the benefit of shareholders and executives — even as it was rocked by more than $8 billion in costs to settle a variety of disputes after executive missteps.
Today the network is in shambles, brought down not just by the challenges facing broadcast television — fragmenting audiences, an advertising downturn — but also by a series of executive missteps that have made its prime-time lineup a perennial loser and, most recently, turned its late night programming schedule into a media circus that threatens the lucrative "Tonight Show" franchise.
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THAT is especially true today, as shareholders, government investigators and workers are ready to turn on a chief executive's missteps, and images of accused executives in handcuffs are etched in the public's mind.
While many corporate boards are casting a gimlet eye on executives whose missteps might land them in a lawsuit (or worse), there are still some directors willing to cut a fellow some slack.
Often, executives make missteps in interviews, career specialists say, because they don't rehearse properly for them, don't realize the importance of asking good questions or don't know how to listen.
The troubles of Borders are rooted in a series of strategic missteps, executive turnover and a failure to understand the digital revolution — problems in many ways of Borders' own making.
When OWN first launched in 2011, the network suffered a stream of executive upheavals, programming missteps and lackluster ratings.
The new shows mark a turning point for the network, which has suffered a stream of executive upheavals, programming missteps and lackluster ratings since its 2011 launch.
Apple did not comment publicly on the problems, but privately executives acknowledged the missteps and said the combination of the software upgrades and new iPhone 3G owners trying to complete their activation swamped the company's servers.
