Remove Chemicals Remove Ethics Remove Leadership Remove Positioning
article thumbnail

ESG Needs To Be Core To Business As Usual

The Horizons Tracker

The primary motivation for this was to make a positive contribution to society, but there was also a strong belief that speaking up helped to express corporate values. ” Values-based leadership. . ” Values-based leadership. An overwhelming 77.5% Focus on operational efficiencies. Recognize an added value.

Cooper 99
article thumbnail

Do You Have a Foundation of Great Experience & Culture?

Modern Servant Leader

Much of what I practice in both leadership and technology roles, I first learned early in my career. After college, I joined the Career Development Program at Air Products & Chemicals. The emphasis was on gaining a broad experience, enabling better management and leadership decisions. Experience & Culture. Our Failures.

Career 178
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

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.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

As the president of Almond China, he wanted to show his Chongqing colleagues how much he cared about the topic under discussion: ethical business practices. The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. listed companies. Are you okay?"

article thumbnail

Good Brands Gone Bad | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • March 21, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing • 1 Comment. Unlike BP, who mismanaged an accident, Halliburton and Monsanto self-inflicted the ethical decline of their brand image over many years. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Good Brands Gone Bad. Recent Posts.

Brand 140
article thumbnail

A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company.