Mark Vergnano on the Values Behind Chemours' Success April 24, 2018Mark Vergnano, president and CEO of Chemours, sat down with Shariq Yosufzai of Shell to discuss some of themes from the AGILE keynote.
Center for PEAK Leadership - Developing our Society’s Leaders Face-to-Face CoursePEAK stands for Providing Effective and Knowledgeable leadership, which is the goal of this program. The overall program is based on best practices...
Professional Ethics & Excellence for Chemical Engineers eLearning (online) CourseWhat every chemical engineer needs to know to “do the right thing” and achieve the highest level of professional excellence.
Decision and Risk Analysis for Projects eLearning (online) CourseImprove the quality of your project decisions by employing a disciplined approach to decision-making including the assessment of risks.
Conflict Management Archived Webinar Oct 19, 2016 Conflict making your work day difficult? Learn how the best chemical engineers manage it. In 60 minutes, you’ll examine what conflict is, common reasons underlying conflict and why managing it - rather than resolving it - is not optional, but a part of your job. You’ll consider the different types...
Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen and Kata for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Oct 5, 2016 Involved in or leading improvement initiatives? Gain a quick introduction to Lean Six Sigma tools and how to put them to work for you. In this 60-minute introduction, you’ll gain insight into several case studies that globally transformed operations using Lean Six Sigma operational and management...
Developing Power, Influence and Leadership for Successful Process Safety Culture Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016It is widely recognized that the development of strong safety cultures has the single greatest impact on the reduction of organizational accidents, a...
Making Process Safety Personal - Engaging the Front Line Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016The front line is instrumental in implementing process safety, Yet they are rarely engaged in meaningful process safety discussions. We tend to...
Program Management: Techniques and Pillars Archived Webinar Oct 22, 2015 Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer, USN (ret) speaks to the VLS about creating successful programs. He will provide insight on his view that programs – be they fighter planes, pharmaceutical production lines, or major construction projects have much in common. This talk will provide insights and give you a...
Planning and Conducting Effective Performance Appraisals Archived Webinar Aug 5, 2015 Performance appraisals are an essential part of any supervisor’s position whether they have one or many direct reports. However, most managers dread the thought of conducting formal (often annual) performance appraisals. In this webinar, we review the essential elements in preparing and conducting...
The Dow Chemical Story Archived Webinar Jun 25, 2015 Dow Chemical was founded in 1897 by Herbert Henry Dow. Learn about the history of this chemical giant as it grows and merges into the top company it remains more than 100 years later, and hear some insight as to what has kept it successful and sustainable.
Do We Really Need More Process Safety Leaders? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015
AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: Taking Your Career to a New Level Archived Webinar Feb 12, 2015 This web forum will address making the move from entry level to junior staff, moving up the ladder to management, and overcoming common challenges associated with these transitions.
Building Trust - A Key Leadership Skill Archived Webinar Oct 1, 2014 We discuss what it means to be a trustworthy leader, how to build trust within teams, and what are the best behaviors to maintain trust within your team. The ability to build trust within your team or organization is a key interpersonal skill for effective leadership at all levels. A team that has...
A Leader's Tactical Approach to Influence Changes in Process Safety Culture Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Following the Texas City disaster and the subsequent publishing of “Failure to Learn”, many companies were awakened to the idea that their top...
Emergency Response Leadership: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014CCPS best paper from past GCPS Copyright © American Institute of Chemical Engineers. All rights reserved.
What Should Leaders be Held Accountable for When It Comes to PSM Performance? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014What should leaders be held accountable for when it comes to PSM Performance? Accountability is much easier to describe than to create or instill...
How to Influence the Organization Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014Process Safety professionals are typically not in the line management organization. Instead, they serve as engineering team members, corporate staff...
The Art, Science and Psychology of Improving Human Performance Using a New Collaborative Based Learning Model For Process Safety Management Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Human Factors is a broad subject aimed at improving Human Performance. While several organizations have developed ways of structuring this topic,...
Finding Your Grail, the Beyonce Turn, and Career Satisfaction Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014The Women's Intiatives Committee (WIC) luncheon features keynote speaker Cheryl Teich. Cheryl is talking about her career path, obstacles she had to...
Process Safety Management Mentoring: Developing Leaders Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013Process Safety Management Mentoring: Developing Leaders The first pillar of Risk Based Process Safety Management is "Commitment to Process Safety." A...
So We All Have Been Implementing Process Safety Metrics What Next? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Industry over the last two to three years has put a lot of effort into implementing Process Safety Metrics. This is a good practice but, now that we...
Innovation in Improving Performance Archived Webinar Apr 17, 2013 This webinar focuses on ideas for improving the performance of individuals who work in industrial settings.
Leadership Is Everyone’s Responsibility Archived Webinar Feb 20, 2013 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 Archived Webinar Jan 30, 2013 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 Archived Webinar Oct 24, 2012 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...
Working Across Distances: The Challenge of Global Teams Archived Webinar Oct 17, 2012 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 Archived Webinar May 4, 2011 This webinar provides guidelines for operating successfully in different cultural settings, with an emphasis on project management.
Guiding Organizational Change Archived Webinar Feb 2, 2011 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 Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 10, 2010Throughout its history, Genentech scientists and engineers pioneered and then exploited the use of recombinant DNA technology to develop and...
Chemical Engineering In a Complex World: Grand Challenges, Vast Opportunities Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2010The Institute Lecture provides an opportunity to take a long view of chemical engineering – both where we have been and what opportunities lie ahead...
Effective Communication Based Leadership Skills to Lead a Voluntary Organization Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Effective communication leadership skills are necessary to lead a voluntary organization. True leadership is interrelated to management skills and applicable in voluntary organization as well as other type of business organizations. The increasing diversity of multicultural, voluntary organization...
How to Shoot a Torpedo: Military/Industry Leadership Similarities and Contrasts Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Effective leadership styles must be varied depending on the situation and perspective of those involved. The disciplined control structure used by a US Navy submarine commander creates an efficient, cohesive fighting unit ready for rapid deployment in critical situations. Industry leadership styles...
Emergency Response Leadership: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire! Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Leadership during true acute emergency situations (fires, explosions, chemical releases, and natural disasters) goes far beyond the immediate Incident Command structure. Emergency response might not seem to involve leadership at all, but can make the all the difference between a distraction and a...
Leadership Lessons from Our Founding Fathers Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 The founding fathers demonstrated important leadership lesions during the development of the United States in the late 1700’s that should not be forgotten. These “servant leaders” placed their collective desire to have a functioning democratic republic ahead of their personal ambitions and...
Leading Innovations for the New Economy Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Leadership in Chemical Innovation.
Chemical Industry Leadership Challenges Archived Webinar Jun 4, 2010 The chemical industry is faced with many challenges including geographic shifts in the location of manufacturing, rising volatile energy costs, a larger role of state-owned entities, security threats, and increasingly stringent health, safety, and environmentally concerns. Addressing these...
Visions of the Future from Industry Leaders - Session Two Archived Webinar May 19, 2010 This webinar describes the future of innovation in these spaces, and the roles that chemical engineers will be playing.
Visions of the Future from Industry Leaders - Session One Archived Webinar Apr 14, 2010 In this webinar, Hank Kohlbrand discusses how these trends will impact us, as well as looking at the role that science and technology will play in these changes.
Do You Really Think You Can Become A Leader Without Change Management Skills? Archived Webinar Feb 3, 2010 This webinar presents best practices and checklists that allow you to determine readiness for change and likelihood of success.
Open Innovation from the Perspective of a Diversified Fortune 500 Company: Effective Management of the University-Company Interface Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 10, 2009The title of this session is an expression of the interest on the part of companies and universities to work together to create business opportunity...
Tic-Tac-Toe Strategic Planning Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2009The Tic-Tac-Toe Approach to Strategic Innovation Planning When we study the history and trends of technology development across a wide spectrum of...
Managing Innovation in ConocoPhillips R&D Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2009ConocoPhillips was formed in 2002 and it developed several approaches to developing a robust R&D portfolio. These initiatives were launched to...
A "Virtuous" Approach to Ethics in Engineering Archived Webinar Oct 14, 2009 This webinar seeks to promote thinking more clearly and professionally about ethics by cultivating a clearer sensitivity about situations that have ethical dimensions, as well as a more explicit approach to ethical reasoning and logic.
Effective Communication-Driven Leadership Skills in a Dynamic Global Market Archived Webinar Oct 7, 2009 Successful leadership style, covering what global leaders need to know about verbal, non-verbal, and cross-cultural communication skills, and their importance in leading a business or a project in a global environment.
Improving Communications & Leadership Effectiveness by Leading with Questions Archived Webinar Jun 13, 2009
Minimize the Pain of Change and Maximize Your Results Archived Webinar May 20, 2009 Although leaders and managers often have the best intentions, they can set a change initiative up to fail without being aware of the danger signs. Jeanenne LaMarsh, CEO and Founder of LaMarsh & Associates facilitates a dynamic and thought provoking webinar on the value of effective change...
Restoring Public Trust: Why Ethics and Transparency Are Vital to Business Success Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 26, 2009Special keynote address given by Alan L. Boeckmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fluor Corporation, one of the world's leading and largest...
The 534 Method: How to Think Innovatively and Generate New Ideas Archived Webinar Mar 10, 2009 This fast-paced and idea-filled webinar will be fun to participate in and help you think in new dimensions. The 534 Method is about how to think with even more creativity. Creativity is defined as: “A change in the established way of doing things.” Today the operative word is “change”—political...
Gaining Commitment, Not Just Compliance: Effective Leadership Skills Archived Webinar Mar 3, 2009 There’s a big difference between a boss and a leader - as you'll discover in an eye-opening exercise that will draw on your own personal experience of when you began your career. After this exercise you’ll never forget how much of an impact you can have as a leader on those you lead. You’ll...
200 Years of Chemical Engineering Pedagogy: Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future: The future of Chemical Engineering and Pedagogy: The Paradox of Irresistible and Immovable Professors Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2008In this talk, we'll review the choices our academic community faces as professors and as a professionشhe conflicts between traditional and...
Ethics and Excellence in Engineering Archived Webinar May 6, 2008 Beyond the basic technical competencies of our discipline, what are our priorities as engineers? This seminar explores this question, and thus establishes the foundations of engineering ethics and professional excellence. It also examines codes of ethics for engineers, and discusses their role in...
UConn Engineers Without Borders Project in Ethiopia [Interview] October 29, 2017The UConn grant recipients discuss their experiences in helping a town in Ethiopia develop its water resources.
Shariq Yosufzai: Doing a World of Good In the third episode of the AIChE-Doing a World of Good podcast series you'll meet Shariq Yosufzai, Chevron’s Vice President for Global Diversity, Ombuds, and University Relations. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.
University of Tulsa Engineers Without Borders Project in Bolivia [Interview] October 30, 20172016 EWB grant recipients Donny Gross and
Ed Cussler: Doing a World of Good In the second episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast features Ed Cussler, Distinguished Institute professor at the University of Minnesota. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.
Interview: 2017 International Travel Grant Winners (Part 1) October 31, 2017Hear from student travel grant winners from Cairo University, Egypt; Koç University, Turkey; Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, Colombia; and Tianjin University, China.
Interview: 2017 International Travel Grant Winners (Part 2) October 31, 2017In this interview hear from student travel grant winners from Vellore Institute of Technology, India, and Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia.
Raj Gupta: Doing a World of Good In the first of the AIChE-Doing a World of Good podcast series Raj Gupta, shares a captivating story of his personal and professional journey to become a leader in the chemical industry. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.
AIChE 35 Under 35: Leadership September 7, 2017Meet these seven standouts in chemical engineering leadership.
Leadership Q&A: A CEO’s Role in Corporate Culture May2017Leadership Q&ATrinseo, a global chemical materials producer with 2016 revenues of $3.7 billion, was formed in 2010 from the sale of four business units of Dow Chemical. Formerly known as Styron, Trinseo has combined the assets and technologies of those businesses...
Chevron's Cynthia Murphy-Ortega on Women in Chemical Engineering Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, portfolio manager with University Partnerships and Association Relations of Chevron Corporation, gave the keynote address at the Women's Initiative Commit
Interview: Engineers Without Borders Grant Winners Discuss Their Projects November 13, 2016Nicaragua and Zambia may be in different hemispheres and have different engineering challenges but one thing they share is having benefited from the Engineers Without Borders Grant Award, sponsored
Interview: 2016 International Travel Grant Winners (Part 1) November 22, 2016In this interview hear from student travel grant winners from Xiangtan University, China; Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Colombia; and Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia.
Interview: 2016 International Travel Grant Winners (Part 2) November 28, 2016In this interview hear from student travel grant winners from Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan; Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia; Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan; and National Autonomous University of Hondoras, Honduras.
Interview with 2014 Opening Keynote William Banholzer March 31, 2014William Banholzer sums up his opening keynote speech from the 2014 AIChE Spring Meeting and GCPS. Hear his thoughts on the role of chemical engineers in shaping the future and in solving the world's grand challenges.
The World Needs Engineering Judgment April 9, 2014William Banholzer, retired Dow Chemical CTO, gave an insightful and wide-ranging address on the the state of technology changes for the future, and the chemical engineer’s special capability to make sensible and better decisions for the direction of these changes, especially in the field of energy.
Attend VLS's 5th Anniversary Meeting Online January 19, 2015You are invited to attend the January 22 Virtual Local Section Meeting and celebrate the start of the VLS's fifth year of "supporting chemical engineers regardless of geography." This month'
Marv Schlanger Discusses Leadership and Career Opportunities for Chemical Engineers April 27, 2015Following his opening keyno
Interview: Adrienne Minerick on Diversity in Chemical Engineering November 13, 2015Adrienne Minerick is the associate dean for research and innovation at Michigan Tech. She also serves as chair of the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE's) National Diversity commit
Closing Chemical Engineering's Leadership Gender Gap September 30, 2016I’m always surprised when I attend a chemical industry event and the audience is predominantly male, or when I’m looking for CEOs to interview for CEP’s Leadership Q&A column and find mostly me
Solve Problems Inventively April2005Career CatalystJack HippleThe TRIZ methodology encourages you to approach problems from a different angle. Here’s a primer on the basics of the technique and the tools available to implement it.
Becoming a Great Process Safety Leader Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Leaders play a critical role in catastrophic event prevention through their effect on culture. At least one cultural factor was a root cause...
Engaging Employees in Catastrophic Event Prevention Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Implementing an effective process safety system goes beyond documented policies and procedures. It requires behavioral reliability in its execution...
Evolving Distribution of Faculty Strengths in Chemical Engineering Departments Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 4, 2013Chemical engineering is justifiably recognized as a discipline well suited for the nation’s technical and leadership human resource. In the recent...
Process Safety - A Value Not Just a Priority Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013Process Safety in any Organisation will only be efficient when its Safety culture allows. If Process Safety Management (PSM) efforts are subjected to...
Leadership Q&A: Taking a Leading Role in Process Safety January2016Leadership Q&AThis is the inaugural article of CEP ’s new column, Leadership Q&A. Here, C-suite executives will discuss how they have overcome challenges, strategies for successful leadership, and tools and skills that they have found effective during their...