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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Whited previously served as chief marketing officer for UP, led the Chemicals business, and also previously ran the railroad’s National Customer Service Center.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

They are basically designers and can specialise in civil, chemical, electrical, computer, and mechanical fields. For example, chemical engineers earn a median annual salary of $96,616. They also manage both the marketing and the sales staff and perform managerial duties in line with the company’s goals. Education Administrator.

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Using Detours To Get Where You Want to Go

The Recovering Engineer

In the picture above, the desired goal is somewhere on 9th Street. We just take the detour, enjoy the scenery, and move on towards our goal. It could be a career choice – what to do, where to do it, etc. Here’s what I’ve learned at this point in my life: stay focused on the end goal and take the detour.

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” You’ll find yourself creating unsuccessful products that don’t serve your customers. You will be helping your talent destroy their careers while you destroy their faith in your company. Don’t you think?

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

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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The Traits of Socially Innovative Companies

Harvard Business Review

In consumer packaged goods, SC Johnson has sourced raw materials from farmers in Rwanda, partnered with local providers to improve hygiene and sanitation in low-income urban communities in Kenya, and chosen to eliminate harmful chemicals from its production processes in spite of the negative consequences for its market share.

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Six Classes Your Employer Wishes You Could Take

Harvard Business Review

And that means educators worldwide must revisit how they want to make their most important product — their students — more valuable. The goal is not creating teams or leagues of aspiring Nate Silvers but to assure that students come away with the statistical savvy not to be probabilistically buffaloed by Nate Silver wannabees.

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