Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2023

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.

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Chemicals Travel CEO Execution 15

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. They have to go to the trainings, and then report up line to their managers annually to account for why that needle hasn’t budged. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership. And introductions to their friends.

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CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Governing boards might seem like the last place for innovation. But new strategies and structures are squarely in the board’s domain, and we have seen any number of governing boards innovating with, not just monitoring, management. Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend couldn't have been more excited about the market potential for their new materials. Potential innovation benefits are literally not worth it. Money can change everything.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

a leadership coach?who Breeden believes that there is a significant flaw in leaders who embrace beliefs without understanding and managing their side effects. Many companies strive to innovate and develop fresh products and services.? Dopamine is our bodies’ pleasure chemical. share this view with Jake Breeden ,?a

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Chemicals Creativity Cooper Learning-by-Doing 186

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Positive comments and conversations produce a chemical reaction too. This “chemistry of conversations” is why it’s so critical for all of us –especially managers – to be more mindful about our interactions. Communication Difficult conversations Leadership Managing yourself' Harness the chemistry of conversations.

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Positioning Chemicals Ryan Discount 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. Making parts for an iPhone is a challenging mix of materials science, mechanical engineering, precision fabrication, and managing mind-boggling complexity in the supply chain.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. This vexing global challenge causes me to wonder, “What if the world’s innovators turned their sights on solving this problem?

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Drucker Apparel Chemicals Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. And what type of leadership will take us there? Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Climate Change on HBR.org. by Forest L. Reinhardt and Michael W. by Andrew Winston. by Forest L.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Some innovative and determined professionals working in world's largest and most complex corporations are choosing to stay put and use their corporate platforms to lead change. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Some are recent graduates.

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Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

The problem, as I described in my last post , is that six things militate against success in the role: The management team's attention shifts to other priorities. Make the role permanent and incorporate it into overall performance management. Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further.

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Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

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. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us. For these smart, innovative employers, the silver decades may yield gold.

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Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Competition Leadership Retail' Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Corporate directors identified talent management as their single greatest strategic challenge. We know that organizations commit enormous resources and effort to talent management, so why aren''t they doing a better job? Not rising costs.

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Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The senior leadership team of 35 was dominated by Dutch men. .” How did he do it?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Yet for the small handful of companies that have managed to drive growth consistently – even through tough times – the payoff is great. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

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Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. The larger trend here is the continued growth of "open" — open data and open innovation, including new value-chain business partnerships and cattle-call contests inviting in any and all ideas. trillion market for clothes and shoes.

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

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. Some of these try to identify certain recurring behavior patterns considered more or less effective in a leadership context.

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Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to executives surveyed by the Collaborative, access to difficult-to-find technical or functional expertise, speed, flexibility, and innovation are the top five drivers of using talent outside your organization. How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. One energy hog, the IT sector, has managed to level off energy use in data centers. days of innovation). Trump Shocked the World. Renewables Kept Growing and Getting Cheaper.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8