The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

While I was in the Navy and learning to become an Engineering Officer, I learned about the specific margins that were built into both the submarine and the engineering plant to ensure safe operation. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.

Engineering 169

Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Chemicals 169

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.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation. Safeguard the short-term performance of the ongoing business.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

During the annual sales-planning process, managers determine how to invest resources to capture anticipated demand. Local sales managers should be trained on how to use the data from the opportunity map to identify more precisely where they want their reps to spend their time and how they want to size their territories.

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B2B Chemicals Analysis B2C 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

“In Navy SEAL training,” former SEAL Commander Curt Cronin recently told us, “the leadership cadre designs situations that are exponentially more stressful, chaotic, and dynamic than any combat operation so that the teams learn to center [themselves] in the most arduous circumstances. ” Step Three: Use It.

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Stress How To Learning-by-Doing Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

And at Harvard Business Review, we want to lead a discussion about how to make that happen. They will help us answer questions like: How does sustainability fit into a company’s strategy? How can you make core business operations more sustainable? And what type of leadership will take us there? Marc Benioff.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Leadership commitment and support. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. Boosting engagement in wellness can only be achieved when workers own the program, understand how they and the company benefit, and are given a meaningful voice in its ongoing operation. So what does?

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Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.” the danger that the newcomer will clash for political or personality reasons with members of the leadership team).

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. This was followed by an eight-year “plateau” in her thirties, running training for the French operation, when she had her three children. This propelled her into a re-accelerated career phase.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The new book is about how to create a great personal board of directors or tribe, along with all the norms, practices, and feedback mechanisms to support your leadership (and life). Their support has given me the courage to take risks with significant challenges, and learn how to give and receive feedback in a non-judgmental way.

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Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 24, 2012

Guest post by By Hap Klopp and Brian Tarcy , Authors, Conquering the North Face: An Adventure in Leadership: I’ve seen it a thousand times in business—rejection of an idea or a person by virtue of corporate status. If you are a leader, you must not allow them to operate under you. But many do; just no leadership talent.

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Chemicals Crisis Execution Fashion 317

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

But my youngest uncle worked behind the scenes to make sure that his sons, Fred, Roy, and Bill, were given executive positions in the operating units despite their obvious shortcomings. My father acted swiftly to replace the full leadership team, enraging my cousins and their father. Leadership Small/medium business'

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Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

It is of even greater importance if a major act of terrorism involving nuclear, chemical, biological or cyber weapons occurs, either in private sector facilities or public spaces that impact private employers. In the military, war games can be a vital tool for learning how to respond to crisis situations.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

.” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Hanguk’s leadership would be watching the project closely, because expansion to the Arab world was one of its top strategic objectives. “That’s great news!”

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Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

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. She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. What can be done to prevent a situation like the one with Kate?

Leadership 14

Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 14

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

You will learn how to identify and prioritize your company’s full portfolio of opportunities – from new product lines to entirely new businesses. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. She is a popular speaker and consults to senior leadership teams.

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Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

More than ever, it is the directors’ responsibility to determine when and how their company should engage in political activities. But do board members actually know how to provide proper oversight and help their companies navigate this perilous landscape? The 2016 U.S. Our contention is no.

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