I read an interview with Sylvia Anne Hewlett, author of Forget a Mentor – Find a Sponsor which I thought was a perfect spin off to my last post – Do You have a “Challenger in Chief”? . In this interview Ms. Hewlett describes the difference between a mentor and a sponsor – “In short, mentors advise; sponsors act”.
While you may or may not agree with the politics, the rollout of this critical initiative has clearly been a train wreck – and the Procurement process that the government uses is being pointed to as one of the main reasons. While I would agree, I would also…
Since this is the beginning of a long holiday weekend, we thought we would delay our really serious blog post that we had planned and send you something humorous. We hope you have a safe holiday weekend with friends and loved…
Earlier this week I was saw this post in The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review: Encourage Your Team to Challenge You “We’re all drawn to people who repeat back to us what we already believe. But dissent, not consensus, leads to smarter decisions. Still,…
I was invited (thanks to John Caltagirone – Director of the SVC) to the 2nd Annual Chicago Supply Chain Summit at Loyola University’s Quinlan School of Business which was sponsored by their Supply and Value Chain Center (“SVC”). Unfortunately I was only able to attend part of the…