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Snyder said Mr. Roberts is known as a consensus-building corporate leader and past director of several educational organizations, including positions on the board of directors of Western Michigan University and with the Boy Scouts of America.
Former GM Executive to Lead Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011
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Women have unique ways of communicating -- ways that tend to be more collaborative, consensus-building, and inviting.
Tara Sophia Mohr: Public Speaking with Power: 8 Habits for Brilliant Women Tara Sophia Mohr 2011
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"Cooperation, collaboration, and consensus-building are way overrated," Rhee said at the Aspen Institute's education summit in 2008.
Gov. Scott Walker can thank Michelle Rhee for making teachers unions the enemy 2011
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Mr. Draghi is well-respected in global financial circles, and is thought to have the consensus-building skills Mr. Weber lacks.
Italy's Draghi Aims to Ease German Doubt Brian Blackstone 2011
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The record of legislative consensus-building that he [Kasim Reed] describes is very real.
Bookman gets it right about Kasim Reed (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Women have unique ways of communicating -- ways that tend to be more collaborative, consensus-building, and inviting.
Tara Sophia Mohr: Public Speaking with Power: 8 Habits for Brilliant Women Tara Sophia Mohr 2011
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When the occupiers are at their deliberating, consensus-building, lyrical and, yes, poignant best, their hand signals and "mic checks" are seen and heard 'round the world.
Jim Sleeper: Markets, New Media, the Occupiers, and the Next Step Jim Sleeper 2011
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The announcement surprised his own cabinet ministers, who were notified of the decision only hours beforehand, and shocked a political system in which consensus-building skill is prized.
Japan's Ex-Premier Turns Anti-Nuclear Activist Toko Sekiguchi 2012
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When the occupiers are at their deliberating, consensus-building, lyrical and, yes, poignant best, their hand signals and "mic checks" are seen and heard 'round the world.
Jim Sleeper: Markets, New Media, the Occupiers, and the Next Step Jim Sleeper 2011
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"The prime minister is realizing that his style of consensus-building needs to be speeded up a little bit and should not come at the expense of concrete decisions," said the official in the prime minister's office.
Indian Premier Tries to Revive Fortunes Amid Hurdles Paul Beckett 2012
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