Walking Away

Walking Away

Last week I did something that I don’t do often: I walked away from a (potentially) large and intellectually stimulating contract that was well within my company’s wheelhouse. It was not an easy decision. In late 2021, I was approached by a very large...
Leverage Your Leadership Style in EHS Leadership

Leverage Your Leadership Style in EHS Leadership

This is Part Six in Midwest Chemical Safety’s series on Leadership in Environmental Health and Safety. Catch up on the series in sequential order here: Part One: Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership Part Two: Giving Information in EHS Leadership Part Three:...
Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership

Leaders- Not Managers in EHS Leadership

Peter Drucker, an early 20th-century business professor observed “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.” This series of LinkedIn articles will focus on the skills that...