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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

In return, these 15 would ‘pay if forward’ by doing the same thing for 15 others, for free. I was inspired to do this by the many great teachers and leaders who have so generously helped me – without ever asking for anything in return. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. This is an amazing group of talented people.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

Here’s what we learned. Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. This means considering whether you can use other members of the senior team to do all or parts of the strategy role. Like Wilson, Anderson was able to lead the senior team.

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

I reached out to him because I was impressed with how he steered DSM from its chemicals company past to its broad, science-based innovator present; from a Dutch company to a global player; and from a completely male-run organization to a more gender balanced leadership team. How did he do it? That’s what Sijbesma tried to do.