Organizations 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 organizational performance, so people matter most. Seasoned...
The feedback from the recent BravoSolution webinar I co-delivered with the handsome Peter Smith of Spend Matters was fantastic. My guidance on Procurement talent and helping people find their destinies appears to have struck a chord. Perhaps it’s a reflection of the...
I’ve frequently expounded the importance of the softer elements of organizational success—the intangible factors like culture, leadership, attitudes, and behaviours which typically differentiate top-notch Procurement functions from the mediocre. But this in no way...
I often have to elaborate to executives and managers in client businesses that their people are the most critical factor for organizational success. I sometimes get the point across by explaining that if you take the strategies, processes, systems and so on out of any...
Effective leaders know that you can’t achieve true organizational success unless the workforce are engaged with the agenda. Employee engagement is intrinsic to a culture that augments organizational success. A key element of this is exposing people’s capabilities and...
