Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

September 20th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every now and then, I have the pleasure of seeing how my education and early career as a bench biologist can have some connection with the work I am now doing. What this means to you So what does all of this research mean to leadership and organizations?

BPM 185

BPM Chemicals Emotional Intelligence Blog 185

The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 21, 2010

People with strong supportive traits are great at building relationships, easing tensions, helping others, and holding a team together. Consistently passive communication and conflict avoidance can create situations where conflicts go unresolved and continue to simmer under the surface until they explode and destroy a team or family.

Engineering 230

Engineering FAQ Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 230

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

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. Did you catch the reinvention part of the story? You see, I’m a lot like Bubble Wrap. They fit my personality, and the technical work was comfortable. So, I made a change.

Succession 108

Succession Chemicals Engineering Self-aware 108

The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Just in case you don’t know him, he played many seasons with the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. At one point, speaking about the need to continually learn, grow, and improve, he said: The ones who become satisfied with who they are have short careers. He spoke about his personal perspective on perseverance and success.

Commitment 105

Commitment Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Engineering 105

Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

Brand 215

Brand Press Release Discount Customer Loyalty 215

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership. Demonstrate the leadership and clarity that will drive not only [your] own investment returns but also the prosperity and security of [your] fellow citizens.”. Up, up, up the org chart this accountability goes.

CEO 161

CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Although the ghost of the Great Man still haunts leadership studies, most of us have recognized by now that successful organizations are the product of distributive, collective, and complementary leadership. Some of these try to identify certain recurring behavior patterns considered more or less effective in a leadership context.

Leadership 12

Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

“The fifties was the most exciting career decade of my life so far,” says Babette Pettersen, “and it looks like my options are only getting better as I turn 60.” Pettersen spent her mid-career years with Dow Corning. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. The COO's role, we find, is driven by three factors: the company's strategy, the composition of the executive team, and the relationships between the members of the top team.

COO 11

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

“I have some news,” David Lee told his team member Mark Brown. ” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. But Mark had never expected his sexual orientation to present a stumbling block in his career at the company.

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. HBR: Why did you decide to pursue a sustainability agenda?

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

But just four months into his new job, as a business unit leader at a large specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer, he was struggling with the challenges of handling a global business with more than 3000 employees. He inherited a strong team with a proven track record. What to do?

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Execution Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Leadership commitment and support. By “total health” we mean a culture that’s supportive of career, emotional, financial, physical and social well-being – not just an occasional road race. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. So what does? This, of course, takes time and support.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. Dutch-based Royal DSM is a case study of multiple parallel transformations – in their business and in their leadership balance.

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. Further, many problems are common across industries and a solution that works for, say, the chemicals industry may be surprisingly relevant in a financial services context.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50