Leadership & Operational Excellence - SAM SMOLIK Explores the Secrets of Success
About this episode
Sam Smolik discusses the importance of leadership and operational excellence in maintaining safety and performance in organizations.
"What happens is that companies get complacent. Things go well for a long time. All publicly traded companies are under tremendous financial pressure. Everyone's looking at quarterly earnings and all that, and they take their eye off of safety and operational excellence. And you can't do that." Sam Smolik retired as Senior Vice President, Americas Manufacturing for LyondellBasell Industries in 2017. He previously served as Global Vice President for Environment, Health, and Safety for LyondellBasell, Shell, and The Dow Chemical Company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Axalta Coating Systems, FlyGuys, and Ducks Unlimited Inc . He also serves on the Engineering Advisory Board at The University of Texas at Austin. Sam authored The Power of Goal ZERO and The Daily Pursuit of Excellence to share the many proven performance improvement concepts that he and his colleagues developed and perfected throughout a 50 year global career. His focus is on leadership, people development, culture, operational excellence, management systems, ESG, sustainable development, and achieving superior performance in organizations. Sam Smolik graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in…
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