Happy New Year! Now that we have gotten through one of the most challenging years in ALL of our lives, it’s time to look to the future. One of the key focus areas MUST be Talent: Strategic Competencies are even more critical, and professionals are…
I just got off a call with an alumnus who recently took on a very senior role in a new company and hopefully we’ll be working with him. He has a major transformation that he is choosing to lead and I thought it would be…
That may sound very counter intuitive to many, but it is now a well proven fact and therefore, it would behoove us all to spend as much time as is necessary to ensure a disciplined project management approach which should ensure a proper launch. And…
The word “conflict” has such negative connotations but the most effective teams actually elicit conflict to generate new ideas. Since most of our work as Sourcing / Category Management professionals is done in teams, embracing constructive conflict is a MUST as you are making the…
Governance is still on my mind because it continues to be the answer for many challenges a client faces BUT, they are challenged with doing anything about it – for many different reasons. And they are not unique in their situation. In my memory, there…