45% – yes, 45% of employers recently surveyed by Manpower Group (no – we’re not related!) were struggling to fill roles. Just try and wrap your head around that. If you’re like many of our clients (and we are actively recruiting on their behalf ;-)!!), you are facing…
When was the last time you hired an external consultant? Whether it was recently or several years ago, the reason was probably the same – you needed knowledge / expertise that you didn’t feel you had access to internally. For purposes of this blog, I am using the…
The area of professional services spend continues to be a potential source of incredible value generation for most companies. Yet, most companies approach this spend segment with a very traditional sourcing approach and end up either leaving significant value on the table or in some cases, actually losing…
Transformation is HARD! If you don’t believe that then you have never gone through one. Often, when a transformation fails or an organization does not achieve its’ desired business results, “culture” is identified as the culprit or perhaps the scapegoat so says two Supply Chain Management professors in “Culture Eats Strategy . . . and how to deal with it”.
This is perhaps one of the hardest discussions that we get into at various conferences and the discussion is always the same – regardless of where we are speaking in the world. Many people instinctively know that unless they can change the metrics they are measured on –…
