Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast. Hmmm… Really?
A comment by an ex-colleague on a LinkedIn post grabbed my attention: “…surely a good strategy and strong leadership drives the culture.” It kind of resonated with me; I intuitively sensed what he meant, though I might have put it differently. It got me thinking all...The Soul of the Procurement Organisation
Organisations that remain successful over the long term always invest significant resources in nurturing their ‘people capability’; because they ‘get it’ – they understand that people are the heartbeat behind organisational performance, so people matter most. Seasoned...Leadership and Culture: Get Their Juices Flowing, But Not Like Sepp Blatter
You wouldn’t have thought it, would you? That Sepp Blatter offers us valuable lessons in leadership – but he does. His leadership of FIFA has repeatedly attracted significant negative sentiments in the global news media, and most ordinary folks detect a strong whiff...Ambassadors and Assassins: Self-Leadership in Procurement Success
People often associate ‘leadership’ with managing others. Indeed, having an effective functional leader is critical for Procurement success; the Procurement leader is the chief architect of the functional capability. However, the attitudes and behaviours of individual...OUT NOW!
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