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How Procurement Innovation Can Drive Productivity Gains

A recent McKinsey study identifies technology innovations in supply chain integration as the ideal path to productivity gains necessary for increased competitiveness. Procurement is an easy way to start.

 William Gindlesperger Leadership & Strategy , Operations June 23 2012

Learning to Be a Disciplined Disruptor

Here are four key areas to embrace in order to stay disciplined and continue to grow while disrupting the competition.

 Kevin B. Thompson Leadership & Strategy June 22 2012

Who is Minding the Store? Lessons for CEOs from the Mismanagement of HP

James Bandler has written a thorough expose’ on “How HP Lost Its Way” in the 2012 – Fortune 500 issue, which is another lesson in how not to manage for CEOs, and their Boards.

 Bob Donnelly Leadership & Strategy June 20 2012

Understanding the McDonald’s Leadership “Special Sauce”

McDonald’s has a well-deserved reputation for consistency. Wherever in the world you go, you know what you’re getting when you walk underneath their golden arches.

 Marshall Cooper Leadership & Strategy June 18 2012

Close Your “Middle” Skills Gap

The inability to find enough people with the ‘right’ skills is inhibiting growth and will worsen. Apprenticeships and vocational training are part of the solution. Here’s a practical way to improve the human capital needs of your company.

 Nick Wyman Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness June 15 2012

You’re Never Too Old—or Too Successful—to Need a Mentor

Finding someone you can trust to share your concerns with isn’t easy, but it can make all the difference in your effectiveness.

 Gary Shapiro Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness June 14 2012

Find the Right Motivational Speaker

From wedding toasts to celebrity roasts, we’ve all had the misfortune of sitting through an uninspiring speech or presentation at [...]

 Michael Gelfand Leadership & Strategy June 11 2012

Excellence in Embedding Creativity

Long before Apple icon Steve Jobs resigned from the helm of the technology giant last August, industry observers began mulling Apple’s hypothetical future without him. The questions loom larger since his death in October. Will the company that forever changed mobile computing with revolutionary devices such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad continue innovating at the same extraordinary level and pace under successor CEO Tim Cook?

 CJ Prince Leadership & Strategy June 8 2012

5 Ways to Be the Apple of Your Industry

1. Hire right. When Jerry Sokol took over as CEO of Vertis Communications in early 2011, he spent a lot [...]

 CJ Prince Leadership & Strategy June 8 2012

Soft Skills for Hard Hats

Here are some leadership lessons from the CEO of $5 billion Skanska USA, Mike McNally.

 JP Donlon Leadership & Strategy June 4 2012

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