Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

How much energy do you have at work? Either way, the reason might be your coworkers: They are infecting you with their energy, positive or negative. We “catch” energy through our interactions with people – something called “relational energy”— and it affects our performance at work.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Not surprisingly, with the price of oil dropping, directors of companies the energy & utilities industries are particularly discouraged. Different Industries, Different Regions, Different Motivations. Directors of energy & utilities companies are occupied with environmental sustainability, energy costs, and the carbon tax.

Politics 8

Politics Telecommunications Policies Biotechnology 8

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2019

To put it simply, neurotransmitters are molecules that behave as chemical messengers in the brain. Dopamine is associated with the pleasure and reward pathways, and the positive emotion that makes us desire what we don’t have and motivates us to go after the things we desire. In their book The Molecule of More , authors Daniel Z.

Chemicals 207

Chemicals Content Self-aware Long-term 207

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

Doing your best work requires focus and energy. So how can you find the necessary energy to get your work done? Tailor your tasks to your energy. Tate recommends doing “any type of highly detailed work,” such as writing, important decision-making, or technical coding during high-energy hours. Get up and move.

How To 8

How To Ryan Energy Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. Sustainability Talent management'

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Bob Nelson – Recognized as a Top Thought Leader by the Best Practice Institute, he has sold 5 million books on management employee motivation and engagement, including 1501 Ways to Reward Employees. Deborah Borg – Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer, Bunge Limited.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I would go even further to contend that multinational corporations— more than governments, and more than NGOs and nonprofits—have the human and financial capital, technology, international footprint, power of markets, and financial motivation to solve the world’s most daunting problems.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Health Care Resources Education 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2012

Perhaps the stand-out example today is Eike Batista, the Brazilian entrepreneur who has made the EBX Group (energy, mining and logistics) into Brazil's fastest-growing company and him into the eighth-richest person in the world. In short, he is an empire builder, and we don't have to look far to find examples of empire-building bosses.

Management 16

Management Gordon Welch Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

For example, Marijn Dekkers, who served as the CEO of Bayer, is also the chair of Unilever, an independent director on GE’s board, president of the German Chemical Industry Association, and vice president of the Federation of German Industry.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

What was it that motivated and fueled you to grow, learn, and improve during these times? Owning this realization unleashes positive motivation—because deep down we know that things that are important shouldn’t always come easy. We are willing to bet that those times invariably involved some stress or struggle.

Stress 8

Stress How To Learning-by-Doing Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

But providing feedback reports that remind employees that smoking, not exercising, or being overweight is unhealthy does not motivate change unless workers are given the tools and resources to actually change and track their behaviors. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. This, of course, takes time and support.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Recognizing the growing consumer interest in sustainable products and looking to solve consumer challenges such as high energy costs, CPG companies have developed new products to gain access to this market. and European line of cold-water detergents that require 50% less energy than warm water washing. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Joe Nigro, CEO of energy company Constellation, told me, “Everyone needs to know how each metric fits into the big picture…why and how we’re measuring something, and how it’s relevant to performance.” Properly motivated and led, incumbents can be particularly dangerous, as they already have scale and credibility.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Or third, and more common, is that they sit on the impact-investing sidelines.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

” In more recent times, a British chemical engineer named Paul Thomas pronounced a vision “that one day we will be able to detect a previously undetectable tumour metabolising inside a human lung simply by asking a patient to breathe into a device.” We quantify reality in order to track progress.

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System Long-term Chemicals Benchmarking 8