Sentence examples for get directors from inspiring English sources

Last year, the only billion-dollar company to have a contested election was the Oshkosh Corporation, which successfully thwarted an effort by the activist investor Carl C. Icahn to get directors on the board.

"If somehow we were able to get directors to think like owners and act like owners and hold management to account like owners, then the issue of alternative investments would be moot," Mr. Rowe said.

There is a tremendous population of people who have an experience base in the U.S. I don't think it's that hard to get directors who have that diverse perspective but who also have an appreciation of doing business in the U.S. What other prominent international directors are on U.S. boards?

I've been trying to get directors, etc., to back me up on this for a while now, but it wouldn't make for a good feature.

While filming the latter, she vied outrageously with Joan Crawford to get director Robert Aldrich into bed.

Animated characters get director's notes much like live actors would.

Get director's notes from someone tough but fair.

One boss says there is no substitute for getting directors to visit operations.

It's getting directors and producers to see the unseen talents in actors — talents we know they have.

"With today's games, you've got directors, sets and Dolby Surround Sound," says Curt Vendel of the Atari History Site.

The job that Mr. Summers got — director of the White House National Economic Council, brokering administration policies and briefing the president daily — was one that, while influential especially in times of crisis, was seen as a step down for a former Treasury secretary.