Integrated Project Management is a suburban-Chicago company that focuses on strategic management of critical business projects. IPM’s clients include industry leaders like Pfizer, Motorola, and Johnson and Johnson. CEO and founder …
Emilia DiMenco on The Value of Others in Decision Making
—————————————————————— Emilia DiMenco is an executive vice president at Harris Bank. She also serves as a strategic advisor to the Women’s Business Development Center, through Harris Bank’s “Loaned Executive” program. …
Reaching the Summit of Mt. Sustainability: Reflections on the Life of Ray Anderson
The author (center), with Ray Anderson (second from right) and staff members of InterfaceRAISE and MagicWig (producers of the “So Right, So Smart” documentary). ————————————————————————— Mona Amodeo, Ph.D., is the …
Hubris & Humble Pie: Bill Pollard, Former ServiceMaster CEO, Shares How Peter Drucker Taught Him to Swallow His Pride
Excerpts from Pollard’s speech at the CVDL’s Senior Executive Roundtable, Sept. 16, 2010. You are looking at a very imperfect leader as it relates to servant leadership. As you are …
A Profile in Values-Driven Leadership: Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation – Hollender lived (and died?) with values at Seventh Generation
Recently Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation and sustainability pioneer, was told to pack his bags and hit the road by the company’s powers that be. While a letter from Seventh Generation’s …
Leading the Sustainability-Driven Company, Part 2 – What are some of the core characteristics of the sustainability-driven leader?
This time we look at what makes a sustainability-driven leader tick. While there is no one ideal leadership profile that guarantees success in driving a strategic sustainability agenda, research has …
The Evolution of Leadership – A look at where leadership is heading
Leadership has been a significant presence in the recorded history of humans and it is one of the world’s oldest obsessions, rivaling in age the very emergence of civilization. The …