Create a sense of urgency , even and especially if the company has been successful in the past.

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At the top of the winner list is very, a word that carries little meaning on its own but to create a sense of urgency.

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Sounding like he was on the campaign trail again, Mr. Obama tried to create a sense of urgency for the crowd of 1, 600 people in the Southwest High School gym.

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In order to recruit those volunteers, leaders must first create a sense of urgency among their employees about the opportunities that lie ahead and then ask for their help in propelling the organization towards those opportunities.

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"I want to create a new plan for jobs that injects a new sense of pace, urgency and focus for the city, " he said.

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And especially the young people who are here, we need you to act with a sense of urgency -- to study and work and create as if the fate of the country depends on you -- because it does.

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Second, legal victories create a sense of complacency that the company is insulated from competition, which undermines any urgency to innovate and keep up with high quality standards.

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His economic team and he have put together proposals that we are quite confident, if Congress comes back to Washington filled with a righteous sense of urgency about the need to grow the economy and create jobs, they will act on it and do the right thing by the American people.

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