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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency. One of the key qualities of an effective CPO is the ability to think strategically and align procurement initiatives with the overall business objectives.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Four times more likely to have built a strong pipeline of ready-now leaders to fill available critical roles.

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Dr. Liz Alexander on Thought Leadership

Rajesh Setty

Unfortunately mainstream education isn’t geared to teaching people to do the hard work that goes into thinking much at all, let alone innovatively. The first is that “thought leader” isn’t something you go around saying about yourself, it’s a term conferred on you by others. RS: Why is it hard to become a thought leader?

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Four Ways to Scale Digital Capabilities on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

Make sure your guidelines align to business objectives. Bringing distributed groups up to speed with digital strategy puts you in the guidelines business. Here are four ways I’ve seen this problem tackled effectively in my 17 years leading and consulting to digital teams across organizations large and small.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Initially, we got the impression that gurus might have little in common other than a desire to get the HBR stamp of legitimacy conferred upon their latest notion. Pick an Apt Objective. In transition periods, during big technological shifts or the ends of recessions, companies often turn their aspirations to growth through innovation.