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...
What exactly does “leadership effectiveness” mean? And how does it apply to procurement and supply chain management functions—is it important, does it really matter vis-à-vis our functional success, or is it just another fancy term? I addressed these and other issues...
Helping people find and nourish their mojo in the workplace is one of the key obligations of leadership. I expounded on this theme in my talk at the Big Ideas Summit, reminding Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) that “everyone can be extraordinary” and Procurement...
The recent global economic turbulence and several geo-political factors are increasingly positioning Supply Chain Management (SCM) as a key agenda item in boardrooms across the world. Recent media stories on slave wages and child labour in some supply chains, and...
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...
