
Before she became Dow’s CEO, a colleague invited Karen S. Carter to sit in the chief executive’s chair. Her path back to it runs through Howard, Shanghai, plastics and a very personal idea of leadership.

After more than 15 years in technology HR, Tatiane Almeida has built a practical philosophy around an unfashionable idea: leaders earn trust by inviting questions, sharing purpose and knowing when to let someone else shine.

For nearly three decades at O.C. Tanner, she has treated culture less like a slogan and more like a daily operating system - built from open doors, specific gratitude, and the courage to let people do more than their job descriptions.