RapidStart Leadership

JULY 6, 2017

The force that fires these rockets upward comes from a simple chemical reaction. Build in some operating space. Then, if either of you end up having to change your position, there’s much less risk of anyone losing face. Look for positive alternatives you both can agree upon. Deflect the blast.

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Covey Hammer Construction Chemicals 125

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

Overwhelming redundancy in workplace operations may not be stimulating enough for some employees. Being open with your boss about your mental health – especially if your thoughts aren’t positive – is nearly impossible to do. Vulnerability in the workplace is one of the biggest challenges for all businesses.

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How To Chemicals Environment Learning-by-Doing 76

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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. I agree that balance is key.

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BPM Chemicals Emotional Intelligence Blog 185

Building Personal Strength

MARCH 14, 2010

I remember a time when she had to have a major operation to correct a life-threatening condition. The procedure upset her hormonal system, which caused a chemical imbalance in her brain, leading to depression. So far, he’s my leading candidate for "The Most Interesting Man in the World"—an amazing human being. In the end, it worked.

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Development Learning Curve Chemicals Learning-by-Doing 90

Management Craft

JUNE 27, 2011

These things happen and I will do what I can to heal and use this disease to make positive changes in my lifestyle. I regret that the timing of this diagnosis and operation is bad for several of my clients. In particular, he told me not to go overseas too soon after the operation in case of any complications. How am I doing?

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Chemicals Bottom-up Operations Agility 71

The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

While I was in the Navy and learning to become an Engineering Officer, I learned about the specific margins that were built into both the submarine and the engineering plant to ensure safe operation. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Hope you’re doing great.

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Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Chemicals 169

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Positive and Realistic: You can go far on a positive attitude. Positivity is energizing and encouraging, keeping your followers going in good times and bad. Realism combined with positivity grounds you in truth and allows you to reject the impractical. Having a positive attitude affirms individuals that surround you.

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Leadership Blog Open-book Greenleaf 221

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

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Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

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Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. “Better Seed for a Brighter Future. How’s that for spin?

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Helps leaders understand their Personal Identity to facilitate positive change in leadership behavior. Former Operating Partner at Blackstone, Chief Human Resources Officer for Unilever.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

That line of thinking shuts us down, puts us on the defensive, and narrows our possibilities to rescue operations. As I quoted Boyatzis in my book Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence , “Talking about your positive goals and dreams activates brain centers that open you up to new possibilities.

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Chemicals Learning Curve Open-book Bottom-up 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

All of this is surprising since the health care sustainability agenda has mostly focused on supply chain issues, reducing exposure of patients and workers to toxic chemicals, green building, and general eco-efficiency. We need all sectors to man the barricades and take positions. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

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Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I remember a time when she had to have a major operation to correct a life-threatening condition. The procedure upset her hormonal system, which caused a chemical imbalance in her brain, leading to depression. So far, he’s my leading candidate for The Most Interesting Man in the World—an amazing human being. In the end, it worked.

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Development Succession Learning-by-Doing Chemicals 102

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. The company has made significant efforts to improve store operations with their impressive energy efficiency work and the purchase of more solar power than any entity in the U.S. besides the military.

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. Since then Almond China had set up two joint ventures with local partners — the only way foreigners could do chemical business in the country. Ho looked flustered. Are you okay?"

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Case Study Chemicals Ethics Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

This enables engineers to fine-tune a “high-resolution blast” so that it produces more predictably sized rock and dirt for subsequent loading, hauling and grinding, which together account for most of a mine’s operational costs. Any product that requires some expertise to use is a candidate for analytics innovation.

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B2B Chemicals Venture Funding Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

But a study from 1999 found that long-run performance of both the former parent company and the divested unit is strongly positive, provided that the spin-off increases the company’s focus. A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

How can we overcome these free rider problems, to make sure companies are incentivized to have a more positive societal impact? The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals.

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

But in the IT industry, most Nigerian firms are well-positioned for any challenge. IT events are very common everywhere, not to mention the Google, Microsoft, and Blackberry platform-based competitions that are being endlessly unleashed as these brands jockey for position on the continent. The farms are now IT labs.

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Information Technology Technology Information Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. The effectiveness of board processes for supporting innovation is also positively correlated with overall board performance. Director Recruitment and Skills.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hundreds if not thousands of hospitals have responded to trends such as shorter average hospital stays, fewer surgeries, a shift to outpatient and home care, and reduced reimbursements by consolidating or overhauling their operations and laying off staff. I vowed never to let myself get into that position again.

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Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2014

The leading executive recruitment firm Egon Zender, as part of talent evaluation at the time of Dow Chemical’s merger with Rohm and Haas in the Spring of 2009, described us as the “best CEO university” they had ever seen. Ronaldo Schmitz), one Asian (myself) and one Canadian (Dr. John McArthur).

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Team Diversity CFO TSR 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Third, some stakeholder groups may want to see confirmation of the positive impact of a given move before consenting to continue on the chosen path.

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Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2020

The researchers posit that in this most perilous of times, it’s vital that we keep surfaces clean to prevent the transmission of any droplets that may contain the virus. We are focused on remote operation to minimize human supervision, and therefore, the additional risk of spreading Covid-19, while running our system.”.

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Banking Environment Chemicals System 84

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.” ” With Anderson’s help, Staples’ net profits grew more than tenfold over the next five years.

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. The CHRO must step up to the implications of the new world of work.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions. Rather than concentrating on the on the top 50 leaders, global companies need to develop hundreds, even thousands, of leaders comfortable operating in a variety of cultures.

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Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. Olam , an agri-business with seed-to-shelf operations across 65 countries, has already organized its efforts around two of the global goals.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2017

A wonderful New York Times article from 2007 recounted the 20 th annual “Operator’s Challenge” — aka the “Sludge Olympics” — a competition for New York sewage treatment workers. Invest in positive relationships. Sam Austin/Unsplash. Who we work with is as important as what we do.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Article Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. Through regular dialogue with stakeholders and continual iteration , a company with a sustainability agenda is better positioned to anticipate and react to economic, social, environmental, and regulatory changes as they arise.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure."

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Either way, the reason might be your coworkers: They are infecting you with their energy, positive or negative. Some people are energizing because they give off positive vibes. She always came in with a smile on her face which created a positive atmosphere.” How much energy do you have at work? What do they say?

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2018

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. Better leadership is emerging as the defining quality that governs the ability to attain positive outcomes and get the best performance possible out of teams.

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Organization Self-aware Stress Leadership Styles 247

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As the senior HR executive in charge of managing overseas assignments, Anton Danois made a point of spending time with Streuvels Chemicals' expatriate employees and their families. He's always been such a positive person, but lately, well, he's been different.". But this evening, dinner at the Lobatos's home wasn't going well.

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Case Study Chemicals ROI Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

That criticism perhaps held in early iterations of Kodak’s digital cameras (the $20,000 DCS-100, for example), but Kodak ultimately embraced simplicity, carving out a strong market position with technologies that made it easy to move pictures from cameras to computers. The right lessons from Kodak are subtle.

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8