Category: PDJ
HEADQUARTERS: Atlanta, Georgia WEBSITE: www.newellrubbermaid.com BUSINESS: Consumer and commercial products REVENUES: $6 billion EMPLOYEES: 19,000 TITLE: Vice President, Legal Affairs and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer EDUCATION: JD, Yale Law School WHAT I’M READING: Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963–65, by Taylor Branch INTERESTS: Theater and the arts What are you proudest… Read the full article
Intuitively, we knew that leadership was important to creating a work environment where each person is recognized and developed, and their talents are routinely tapped in to. However it was unclear which leadership competencies actually created this reality. A further challenge was identifying a way to measure these competencies.
The request for mentoring someone else can sometimes come at an “inconvenient” time—when workload, taking over a new role, dealing with organizational change seem challenging enough. However, as we celebrate National Mentoring Month, I invite you to challenge yourself and others on this conventional thinking and entertain the idea that this might be the right time for you.
The concept of ownership gets a lot of attention these days. The notion is broad, embracing such concepts as accepting responsibility, being held accountable, taking initiative, and especially using your own judgement/making independent decisions about matters that have expressly been delegated to you. This sounds straightforward enough, but taking ownership actually has a cultural dimension.
HEADQUARTERS: Houston, Texas WEBSITE: www.nasa.gov BUSINESS: Government EMPLOYEES: 3,200 TITLE: Director, Office of Procurement EDUCATION: MBA, Texas Southern University WHAT I’M READING: 42 Rules for your New Leadership Role, by Pam Fox Rollin INTERESTS: Youth mentoring What do you think is the greatest issue or dilemma facing the African American community today? The need to… Read the full article
Invest in our future through education—especially in (STEM) science, technology, engineering and math, as well as through job training and economic development. This will drive growth, create jobs and contribute to building stronger communities and greater civic unity. It will foster a culture of skilled and knowledgeable people that are working together for a greater cause—that America is a nation of great opportunity.
Opening a country’s borders to people from “foreign lands” has been a controversial issue for centuries but as globalization, due largely to technological advances, has made it much easier to be borderless, the issue is front and center.
HEADQUARTERS: Northfield, Illinois WEBSITE: www.kraftfoodsgroup.com BUSINESS: Food and beverage REVENUES: $19 billion EMPLOYEES: 25,000 TITLE: EVP, Corporate & Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary EDUCATION: BS, University of Iowa; MPP, JD, Harvard University WHAT I’M READING: Killing Lincoln, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard INTERESTS: Family, faith, public policy, travel What lessons have you… Read the full article
HEADQUARTERS: Battle Creek, Michigan WEBSITE: www.kelloggcompany.com BUSINESS: Food, snacks and beverage REVENUES: $13.2 billion EMPLOYEES: 31,000 TITLE: Vice President of Sales EDUCATION: BBA, Wichita State University WHAT I’M READING: It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, by Colin Powell with Tony Koltz INTERESTS: Family, sports activities, volunteering How has the civil rights movement affected… Read the full article
Providing opportunities for entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups is the key to economic prosperity, whether it’s implementing policies that will increase our access to capital or ensuring that government-funded organizations follow inclusive procurement practices during the contract-bidding process.
