Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2014

” Technically defined as an “optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best,” the term takes its name from the sensation it confers. And serotonin, that feel-good chemical at the heart of the Prozac revolution, bonds teams together more powerfully than the best-intentioned offsite. novel ideas).

Environment 13

Environment Chemicals McKinsey Creativity 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Fran Melmed is the founder of context , a communication and change management consulting firm. First, from a neurochemical perspective, Dr. Eytan emphasizes that our brains are more relaxed during walks due to the release of certain chemicals. Sounds like a recipe for a sedentary workday, right? On the contrary.

How To 8

How To Cost-Benefit Analysis Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

Both perspectives came together recently in a talk that I gave at the Professional Business Women’s Conference. In fact, recent research in neuroscience has indicated that social needs are managed by the same neural networks as primary survival needs such as food and water. Pay attention. Put away devices at meetings.

Diversity 8

Diversity Storytelling Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As the senior HR executive in charge of managing overseas assignments, Anton Danois made a point of spending time with Streuvels Chemicals' expatriate employees and their families. But managing European chemical plants was what he knew best, not overseeing an international mobility department. An expat in the Labyrinth.".

Case Study 11

Case Study Chemicals ROI Engineering 11

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. The study also looked at relative levels of support for executives vs. more junior managers. Why dangerous?

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Execution Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This is disturbing coming from a company so adept at cutting-edge customer analytics that it’s selling analytics services and has refused to divulge the names of its tech staff at Hadoop conferences to prevent them from being poached. But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now.

Retail 10

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 10

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

The first, Ready-Now Leaders: Cultivating Women in Leadership to Meet Tomorrow’s Business Challenges by DDI and The Conference Board, identifies “confidence” as one of the few but significant leadership differences between the sexes. Give managers who fail to develop their leaders a negative consequence. Goldman Sachs.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Thinking Through the Strategies. by Hank Moore.

Crisis Management 73

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 73

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Once anointed as Unamano Entrepreneurs, or UEs, they would receive abundant free advice from experienced local advisers, be introduced to local and global mentors and service providers, and attend conferences and meet-ups. He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. Risk reduction: Managing your nature-sourced supply chain well can help avoid headaches and possible litigation.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 16

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

No matter where you stand on the issue of crying, as a manager, if you have not already, you’ll be faced with a crying employee. Managers, when faced with a crying employee, would either run away in fear or do something stupid or insensitive, or both. So what’s a manager to do when faced with a crying employee? How about you?

Chemicals 255

Chemicals Consensus Sports Follow-up 255

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2012

But there is a glimmer of hope for us Clickers, Copy/Pasters, Conference-Callers, and Collators. While you probably won't convince your boss that performing the Nutcracker in the conference room will help you close the Pepsi deal, there are ways to make almost any office job more stimulating and tangible. .

ROE 13

ROE Gordon Incubator Chemicals 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How talent management is changing. Each year 40 high potential young leaders from around the globe come together and work in teams on projects like “How do we grow our business in the chemicals industry?” Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company. As a board creates a plan for disclosure and transparency around political spending, the CEO has a unique position and responsibility as both a director and a member of management. “But most don’t have an intimate knowledge.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8