The chemistry of leadership: Bridging the gap, transforming the future!

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Catherine T. Hunt, catherinehunt@rohmhaas.com, Immediate Past President of the ACS and Leader, Technology Partnerships, Emerging Technologies, Rohm and Haas Company, P.O. Box 0904, 727 Norristown Road, Spring House, PA 19477
In The Fifth Discipline, Senge points out that the common characteristic of innovative organizations is their ability to learn. According to Senge, learning organizations are: “…organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together.”

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.” What will it take to make ____________ (you fill in the blank) your Learning Organization? The answer is: Leadership! ...Leadership at all Levels!

We'll discuss the chemistry of leadership from focus and alignment to skills and competencies; and, my personal favorite, passion – using ACS, Advocacy and Sustainability as themes!

Senge, P. M., The Fifth Discipline, Currency Doubleday, 1990.

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