The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 26, 2010

For part of my career, I diligently pursued technical roles. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Did you catch the reinvention part of the story? Did you catch the reinvention part of the story?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

And not many people remember that Jack Welch has a PhD in chemical engineering. That’s because none of the problems he encountered in his last 30 years at GE were in any way related to his skill at chemical titration or formulating plastics. And start developing it. You see where I’m going? Life is good.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That is because advanced manufacturing provides an important institutional foundation for learning and developing process skills and capabilities that are increasingly intertwined with core R&D in some of the industries most important to the country's economic future. If that surprises you, you're not alone.

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Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Early in my career, a lot of commentators were sure Japan was on its way to becoming number one. Instead, we make jet turbines, helicopters, sophisticated airliners and business jets, electric generators, radar, chemicals and plastics, satellites, and all kinds of weapons. Dow Chemical is expanding its investment in the U.S.

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Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. It still doesn't seem necessary to be a COO in order to take over as CEO, though.

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 11

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. Ben: So you.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. Ben: So you.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

We also found that the professionals we spoke with at Accenture, in offices on three continents, consistently lauded the firm for its willingness to support innovations, from Accenture Development Partnerships to professional programs for First Peoples in Canada and support for call centers in native communities.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Credit given for the development of novel/innovative metrics for performance assessment (for example, attendance figures as a "team economics" variable). Reverse Engineering. Understanding the chemical and material properties of ingredients is, indeed, a science. Business education Career planning Education'

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Class Education Supply Chain Sports 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent New York Times video on both disasters , one former engineer, Rodney Rocha, recalls asking why his request was rejected. ” At NASA, notes Rocha, “part of our engineering culture is that you work through your chain of command. I will regret always why I didn’t break down the door by myself.”

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Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Make sure your leaders have high-quality development plans.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I was once asked to facilitate in a group coaching intervention for the leadership team at the subsidiary of a large chemical company. These sorts of questionnaire may be a bit simplistic, but they can help point someone in the right direction on a career or organizational path. The coach: leadership as a form of people development.

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