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. But managing European chemical plants was what he knew best, not overseeing an international mobility department. Ana looked down into her tea.

Case Study 14

Case Study Chemicals ROI Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). But attaining one is far from easy. The industry breakout was done using eight major sectors (similar to those in the Global Industry Classification Standard system): Consumer Discretionary (e.g.,

Telecommunications 10

Telecommunications Health Care Biotechnology Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

“The fifties was the most exciting career decade of my life so far,” says Babette Pettersen, “and it looks like my options are only getting better as I turn 60.” Pettersen spent her mid-career years with Dow Corning. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us.

Career 8

Career Real Estate Learning Curve Education 8

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. We’ve certainly had to change too. We rarely hire from the outside.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. And as a company with over 2 billion users, and with 80% of our community outside the U.S., we have a responsibility to lead.

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

.” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. He’d always pushed Mark to advance in his career, and this was an internal promotion, on a three-year contract, so they’d still be working for the same company.

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

By “total health” we mean a culture that’s supportive of career, emotional, financial, physical and social well-being – not just an occasional road race. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. This, of course, takes time and support. There are a few simple ways to start doing this.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Former Operating Partner at Blackstone, Chief Human Resources Officer for Unilever. and The Career Playbook.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. They know my stuff.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. They know my stuff.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Starting at zero (or negative) every time, whether acquiring a new customer, supplier, or trading partner will drive operating costs ever higher. Each of us will, no doubt, experience the discomfort of feeling "used," as with the above-mentioned entrepreneur, at some point in our careers. Long-term, this model is unsustainable.

Career 12

Career Short-term Chemicals Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The idea for these groups grew out of the growing movement to form small affinity groups to deal with everything from chemical dependency, religious study, and personal grief to book and cooking groups. My 13 years with Medtronic became the most important of my career.

Open-book 11

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Pepsi Refresh failed because it had no relevance to the brand’s operations or heritage. After a successful career as a corporate consultant, he became the Director of Economic Development for Rhode Island, a cabinet level position, where he saw the opportunity to put his ideas into action and create innovation at scale. Let me explain.

Media 11

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

” Second, Keller says that for years it was considered bad for your career if information filtered up to the highest ranks. Managers coded their operations green at the first couple of meetings to show how well they were doing, but Mulally called them on it. It’s not my job.”

Root Cause Analysis 10

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson CEO Industry 10

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. Sam Austin/Unsplash. The participants compete to show skill in their work, and often do so with great passion.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Learning-by-Doing Article 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. Imagine you’re the guy who was running the Walkman business at Sony a decade ago.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50