Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mike Myatt, leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards and author of Hacking Leadership , offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy for leaders to create a roadmap for identifying, refining, developing, and achieving their leadership potential—and creating a more effective business that is financially solvent and professionally desirable.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 12, 2020

The Rocket Chemical Company had a small lab and just three people, but they could see a major opportunity in front of them. 2,500+ Expert Contributor management and leadership articles. In San Diego, California, in 1953, a new startup set its sights on the Space Age. Expert advice provided via StrategyDriven’s Advisors Corner.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Chemical attack, treachery, and use of the innocent as human shields can be expected, as can other unethical tactics. We did not push our way around.”. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Take it all in stride.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: ”Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?” Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: "Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?"

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In your mostly long-forgotten chemistry class, you learned that a catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. (OK, The post How Leaders are Catalysts appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. OK, maybe you didn’t remember).

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2014

The task of giving feedback triggers so much fear and trepidation that brain cells rush from the frontal cerebral cortex where the brain’s reasoning ability is coordinated toward the emotional parts of the brain where cortisol and other emergency chemicals are shot off to fight or escape the feedback “enemy.”

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2016

And, as you know with me, leadership lessons can be found buried in 10 Cloverfield Lane. 10 Leadership Lessons And Quotes from 10 Cloverfield Lane. It was a chemical or nuclear attack by an enemy government. I held myself back in leadership meetings. It’s back to leadership lesson 5.

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HR Digest

JULY 26, 2019

A 2007 study published in the Leadership and Organizational Development Journal by Yehuda Baruch and Stuart Jenkins of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, groups swearing into two types: social swearing and annoyance swearing. An excessive amount of smell can cause “multiple chemical sensitivity.”.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Another such leader is Fleetwood Grobler, the president and CEO of Sasol Limited, a South African energy and chemical company with over 30,000 employees. Fleetwood did something that Hollis didn’t: he added leadership to the vulnerability Fleetwood took over when the company was $13bn in debt and about to be repossessed by the banks.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

Of the 8 core principles of More Human leadership , it’s #6 - Measuring, monitoring and managing with the right metrics - that presents the biggest “nuts and bolts” challenge to any leader. The answer, as this leadership short story shows, is to think green. Lead well! Leadership'

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This chemical now has a growing list of uses based on its [.]. Roy Plunkett at the DuPont research laboratories and it was patented in February of 1941. You know PTFE as Teflon – the non-stick coating used on things like pans, griddles and grills.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

In our modern society, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for those of us in leadership positions take time out for ourselves. Working out produces endorphins, chemicals in the brain that promote a sense of well-being and confidence. All these factors are doubly important for people in leadership positions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 8, 2018

Guest post from Larry Ackerman: Change, and the need to keep pace with it, has been a dominant leadership challenge for at least three decades. Taking this approach to leadership is the secret to staying relevant, no matter how much change is going on in the outside world.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 10, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Danny Rand (portrayed by Finn Jones, known for his role on Game Of Thrones as Loras Tyrell), the Iron Fist and last Marvel Defender to get his own original Netflix series, burst onto the small screen laden with controversy. Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Marvel’s Iron Fist. Stop trying to blend in.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 22, 2017

About Angela Sebaly: Angela Sebaly, author of The Courageous Leader (Wiley, spring 2017), is co-founder and CEO of the firm Personify Leadership, a training provider. An entrepreneur developing a global presence, Angela has been coaching, facilitating and leading teams and organizations for over two decades.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. “What makes a great CHRO, great? and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2016

This is another installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership”. This excerpt tells two very contrasting stories about a job of leadership that is never, ever, easy – having to let people go. We looked over this massive pit, and said nothing for a minute. Indeed it was.

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CoachStation

MAY 13, 2020

Communication is key to effective leadership. As I have highlighted in previous blogs, the skills of asking the right question at the right time and effective listening are two of the most important leadership attributes to develop. To communicate well, is to be understood and to understand.

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The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

When you visit the voting page, you will find links to eleven top-flight blogs on leadership. All you have to do is claim it to get access to leadership development resources including: Videos Ebooks Special reports Audio recordings Excerpts from the new book, From Bud to Boss And more!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. They are what makes the practice of leadership hard and rewarding.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Webster’s Dictionary defines a “leader” as a person who has commanding authority or influence”. If a leader only has authority and is unable to influence others, then his leadership will be short lived. What are the critical methods to leadership influence?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

An interesting aspect about praise is the chemical reaction it causes in us. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership. Release Dopamine.

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The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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. To help me understand, one of my mentors shared technical data with me that described all sorts of chemical and physical concepts of polymers. This lack of knowledge created a bit of a problem for me.

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Deep Imprints

JUNE 25, 2014

That was the day I started to get control over these crazy things we call chemically-induced emotions. Coaching Leadership balance emotions encouragement energy expectations goals hard times pain purpose stress' .” One day I suddenly realized that it was not possible that EVERYONE in my life was against me.

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Center for Creative Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It also turns on your body’s stress response, releasing a tsunami of chemicals and hormones. Our Leadership Development Program offers an opportunity to rethink your situation at work and provides a chance to consider alternative perspectives on both your situation and your response to it. The question is, how can you develop it?

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 18, 2021

He writes, “Brain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers…Whether you’re crafting an email to a colleague or an important report for the board, you can write in a way that delights readers on a primal level, releasing pleasure chemicals in their brains.”

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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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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Paul Zak, the author of The Trust Factor , has shown that “when someone is tangibly trusted by a stranger, the brain synthesizes the signaling chemical oxytocin” and “ the more trust one is shown, the more the brain produces oxytocin.” T RUST BEGETS TRUST. Oxytocin is our brain’s way of signaling trust.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 28, 2016

More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. In social systems, it is the habits of people, not laws and procedures, that can best be compared to the rules and laws in physical and chemical systems.

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Management Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2011

Instead of the medieval pursuit by alchemists of a magical chemical conversion process to change one element into another, modern practitioners are focused on the magical and easy transformation of people and organizations from one level of performance to another.

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The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 25, 2016

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. To help me understand, one of my mentors shared technical data with me that described all sorts of chemical and physical concepts of polymers. This lack of knowledge created a bit of a problem for me.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Values-based leadership. For instance, chemical giant Dow has been focusing its efforts on environmentally friendly construction and industrial safety. Focus on operational efficiencies. Recognize an added value.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2023

How a quiet introvert took on the chemical industry and made the world better.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 12, 2022

He even helped the company expand its leadership development programs to include role descriptions, personal feedback, and coaching on how to strengthen spirit and meaning. ” Assuming we care (if not, we’re in the wrong job), the leadership challenge — even obligation — is to help others care.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

And not many people remember that Jack Welch has a PhD in chemical engineering. That’s because none of the problems he encountered in his last 30 years at GE were in any way related to his skill at chemical titration or formulating plastics. Leadership' Pick one, any skill that you feel you’re lacking.

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