I have admittedly NEVER been good at this.  I am the consummate first child who has always been a people pleaser.  As such, I find myself in situations where I have agreed to do more than any human should ever volunteer to do.  Those around…

I have spent the last several weeks training a client on how to “sell” their recommendations to their internal Stakeholders.  As Sourcing / Category Management / Supply Chain professionals we ARE playing the role of an internal consultant (whether we recognize it or not).   To…

Yes, yes I know you’ve heard us say this many a time before but it bears repeating because a number of us are still not convinced.  And the experts are still focusing on it so I thought it deserves a repeat appearance.  None other than…