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CEP: Career Corner - Becoming a Leader

Career Corner
August
2013
Loraine Kasprzak

What do Sheri McCoy, CEO of Avon Products, the late Robert Goizueta, former Chairman and Chief Executive of Coca-Cola, and Andrew Grove, former Chairman and CEO of Intel, have in common?

They all started their careers as chemical engineers and later became successful industry leaders. But how does the ability to balance a chemical equation or design a heat exchanger enable someone to lead?

 

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