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Building Blocks for a Customer-Centric Culture

Lead Change Blog

We were meeting with the CEO of a successful chemical company. Bell is a senior partner with The Chip Bell Group in Dallas, Texas, a renowned keynote speaker, and the author of several best-selling books including "Managers as Mentors." Price and product quality have, for this industry and many others, become mere table stakes. “We

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Data Tells and Stories Sell

The Recovering Engineer

Early in my career, I worked in the plastics industry as a process and product development engineer. At the time, I had a degree in chemical engineering, and I had just completed service as a nuclear engineering officer in the U.S. I had a pretty good technical background, and I knew almost nothing about polymers. It was nice.

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Data Tells and Stories Sell

The Recovering Engineer

Early in my career, I worked in the plastics industry as a process and product development engineer. At the time, I had a degree in chemical engineering, and I had just completed service as a nuclear engineering officer in the U.S. I had a pretty good technical background, and I knew almost nothing about polymers. It was nice.

Chemicals 100
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Is Your Heart the Boss of You? | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Research is showing that the heart can learn and send out dopamine (a pleasure chemical that influences behavior) and oxytocin (a chemical associated with the feeling of love). Most people, including myself would always associate these chemicals with the brain and nervous system.

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Two Footed Questions Fuse Arts and Science

CO2

How does your brain’s chemical and electrical circuitry wire you for winning? What could you accomplish if you shifted from mentor to mindguide? Ellen developed and enhanced the MITA method through work with faculty and business leaders in the High Arctic, Ireland, Canada, Caribbean, U.S., UK, Chile and Mexico.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

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Jackson's Teen Journey Story, Part Two

Building Personal Strength

The director became a mentor, who gave him leadership roles. in chemical engineering. He joined the Boy Scouts, but he didn’t stick with it. Instead, he joined the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and raised animals on his step-father’s farm. All this left little time for hanging out with friends and getting into trouble.