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Tag Archives: Leadership
Focusing your Business Transformation through dynamic Strategy Mapping
A Chief Executive said to me recently, “I want two things – a really well defined business strategy with detailed plans of action and my people signed up and fully engaged in its implementation. I’ve never been satisfied with the … Continue reading
Passion is never enough: we need intention most of all
At one of the more recent Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) annual conferences, Ellis Watson, a veteran CEO with an impressive CV, called for procurement practitioners to display passion in everything they do. Step-up and take your message out to … Continue reading
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Personal mastery: Leading in trying times
There is no doubt about it – these are trying times for people in leadership. Consumers holding fire on spending, businesses failing, markets changing, technology roaring – how do you meet these challenges with just the right approach? And how … Continue reading
All Change is Personal: Overcoming the 3 key barriers to success
Whenever I am asked how to manage effective organisational change I always go back to the old adage that ‘’organisational change will only happen when the people in the organisation change’’. Whether you are implementing a new strategy, changing processes, … Continue reading
Procurement: should you separate operational and strategic buyers?
I was recently involved in an exchange on the subject of a reorganisation of Procurement at a service-industry client. Being proposed was that the role of the buyer would be split into two: an operational buyer responsible for managing the … Continue reading
Business Transformation the easy way
Watching the Murdoch Empire unravel this last week brings to mind the crucial role of leadership in successful business transformation. Surely, the first challenge of “Transformational Leadership” is to win the energy and commitment of people at all levels towards … Continue reading
Coaching with David – what’s it like?
The other day I was asked what kind coach I am; a great question that I’ll try and answer here. Over the twenty or so years I’ve been ‘responsible’ for other people in the various teams I’ve managed in … Continue reading
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
‘My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism’ by Philip D Broughton An interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal this month stated that of the 9000 applicants for the Harvard Business School MBA programme each year, only 12% are … Continue reading
What? No Targets?
Since the financial crises hit us all in 2008, we’ve seen stretching cost reduction demands on most procurement organisations and in every sector. The gung-ho optimists say this is a time when procurement can make its mark, while the sceptics … Continue reading
No corporate hospitality please, we’re British
The Bribery Act 2010 came into force this week and has been well covered in SM with the Act throwing corporate hospitality into the spotlight. Despite the expectations of some, the Act remains vague in respect of where the line … Continue reading
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