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…
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…
I just got off a call with an alumnus who recently took on a very senior role at a new company, and we’re hopeful to work with him. He’s chosen to lead a major transformation initiative, which brought to mind the fundamental challenges that arise…
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…
You may call this a back to basics or Next Practices blog but the importance of effective teams in Category Management will never go away. And I was reminded of it in a recent conversation with a client who has taken over a new organization…