As I indicated in a recent post, I have lined up a number of leading bloggers to bring you their top three. In anticipation of the great posts to come, here is a partial list of bloggers lined up for next week, in addition to the sourcing and procurement regulars (and possibly a few [...]
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The Winter edition of the CPO Agenda had a good article on how to Develop a Winning Mindset, important for those who want to succeed. According to the article, our thoughts are not random and we can learn to control them to ensure that we always perform with an aura of self-belief. To that [...]
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The Winter edition of the CPO Agenda had a good article on how to Develop a Winning Mindset, important for those who want to succeed. According to the article, our thoughts are not random and we can learn to control them to ensure that we always perform with an aura of self-belief. To that [...]
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Today I’m thrilled to bring you a guest post from Doug Smock, editorial director of GlobalCPO.com and co-author of On-Demand Supply Management and Straight to the Bottom Line.
First I’d like to thank Michael for the invitation to participate in the blogathan. I’ve spent most of the last three years since I left Purchasing magazine writing [...]
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Just in case you missed it, I wanted to point out the recent article declaring that there is no end in sight for the ‘war for talent’ over on the European Leaders Network site.
According to the article, the ‘war for talent’ in procurement is being fought as fiercely as ever on battlefields as diverse as [...]
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As indicated in my last post, here is Kevin Brooks contribution to the Top Three. He takes a different spin, focussed on internal communication, but it is valuable insight nonetheless.
3 Ways To Get Buy-In
As a marketing guy, you’re required to be something of a corporate voyeur in
order to put your finger on the [...]
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Last November, I blogged a Supply Chain Consultants Who’s Who where I listed the top Supply Chain Consultancies out in the market according to World Trade as well as a number of smaller firms our clients have dealt with that have delivered excellent value. However, I did not provide a methodology that you could use [...]
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Last November, I blogged a Supply Chain Consultants Who’s Who where I listed the top Supply Chain Consultancies out in the market according to World Trade as well as a number of smaller firms our clients have dealt with that have delivered excellent value. However, I did not provide a methodology that you could use [...]
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Never give a blogger two weeks if you want some of them to post in one week. Being perfectionists, they’ll all wait until the second week given the choice. Considering I have commitments from about twenty bloggers, I was hoping that the two week window combined with the law of averages would result [...]
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Many people often wonder (especially eSourcing newbies) what the criteria are for a good reverse auction sourcing event. Since billions and billions of spend are negotiated through reverse auction technology every year, these rules have been developed and refined over time. Honestly, I do not even know the origin of this list or [...]
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