Leadership Skills

Innovation in Improving Performance

AIChE Webinar
Apr 17, 2013
Randall Jensen

This webinar focuses on ideas for improving the performance of individuals who work in industrial settings.

Leadership Is Everyone’s Responsibility

Feb 20, 2013
Greg Shaffer

This webinar discusses the “hidden leadership” opportunities that are woven into everyday roles, how to recognize these opportunities and take advantage of them.

Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Jan 30, 2013
James Porter

This presentation focuses on the critical components of a truly sustainable operation . . . safety, environment, energy, capital management, and asset productivity.

Critically Thinking About Critical Thinking

AIChE Webinar
Oct 24, 2012
Greg Shaffer, Melissa Collins

Have you ever examined another person's solution to a problem and found yourself frustrated and asking yourself "What were they thinking?" when you realize that the person's actions actually compounded the problem rather than solving it. In this webinar, the presenters will first define the problem and then discuss why critical thinking skills are so important in the workforce.

Working Across Distances: The Challenge of Global Teams

AIChE Webinar
Oct 17, 2012
Henry Kohlbrand

Teamwork can be challenging, especially when a project involves people in multiple locations or time zones, and of various cultural backgrounds. This webinar lays the groundwork for practicing effective global teamwork when working across cultures and/or distances.

Working Across Cultures

AIChE Webinar
May 4, 2011
Professor John Hooker

This webinar provides guidelines for operating successfully in different cultural settings, with an emphasis on project management.

Guiding Organizational Change

AIChE Webinar
Feb 2, 2011
Dr. Ron Elsdon

This session explores and integrates both organizational and individual aspects of change and transition. It will be of interest to those seeking to progress in their career regardless of discipline or position in an organization.

GENENTECH: A Rich History of Chemical Engineering Innovation

Nov 10, 2010
Ann L. Lee
Throughout its history, Genentech scientists and engineers pioneered and then exploited the use of recombinant DNA technology to develop and manufacture proteins and monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic use. Today an entire industry uses these genetic engineering techniques in pursuit of novel...

Chemical Engineering In a Complex World: Grand Challenges, Vast Opportunities

Nov 9, 2010
Julio M. Ottino
The Institute Lecture provides an opportunity to take a long view of chemical engineering – both where we have been and what opportunities lie ahead. By the mid-1970 to 1980s ChE had organized itself around an accepted set of principles, largely science-based, with mathematics and analysis...

Leadership Lessons from Our Founding Fathers

Leadership Development Webcast
Jun 5, 2010
Jim Welch

The founding fathers demonstrated important leadership lesions during the development of the United States in the late 1700’s that should not be forgotten.

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