Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2018

Stephen Curry has built his NBA career on taking shots that others don’t: three-pointers from a crazy distance. ” Embracing market risk in our careers is a high-percentage move. However, many people don’t know what assuming market risk looks like when applied to their career. Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images.

Career 15

Career Market Risk Chemicals Banking 15

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” You will be helping your talent destroy their careers while you destroy their faith in your company. The question as to whether it’s our job to make our employees happy comes in and out of fashion over the decades.

CEO 161

CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

The concepts of lifetime employment and generous employee benefits are seen as old-fashioned throwbacks to paternalism. When we were aiming to close a small chemical-dependency hospital in 2013, for example, we looked hard into unmet needs in the area. My own workplace is an example. We rarely hire from the outside.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In consumer packaged goods, SC Johnson has sourced raw materials from farmers in Rwanda, partnered with local providers to improve hygiene and sanitation in low-income urban communities in Kenya, and chosen to eliminate harmful chemicals from its production processes in spite of the negative consequences for its market share.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8