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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Furthermore, successful CPOs are exceptional leaders who inspire and motivate their teams to achieve excellence. Within the organization, new courses charted by the CEO or Board may have broad implications for effective procurement, and leadership needs to be prepared to respond agilely.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Those team members who share a commonality of core values will automatically assume “best intentions” in one another vs. assuming “worst intentions” or “motives/agendas.” People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. From my perspective there is no such thing as a toxic asset.

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The Upside of Anger

Marshall Goldsmith

Despite making a powerful initial impression, the entrepreneur lacked motivation and consistently missed important business commitments. I suggested to my seatmate that the real cause of his anger might be that he was beating himself up for being a poor judge of character and not conducting adequate due diligence into the purchase.

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Relationship Excellence: Chick-fil-A's Competitive Edge

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve done some due diligence and feel highly confident that Chick-fil-A is the real deal. Chick-fil-A has won numerous awards for its exceptionally high level of customer service. Sometimes when I hear corporate leaders talk I wonder if they walk the talk. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Research: When CEOs Don’t Win Awards, They Make More Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

Each year major business media outlets rank CEOs based on their performance. The few who win awards and earn the highest ranking become superstar CEOs — they gain visibility and higher social recognition, and they may even earn higher compensation. But for every happy award-winning CEO, there are many more CEOs who did not win.

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Before a Merger, Consider Company Cultures Along with Financials

Harvard Business Review

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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The Stakeholders You Need to Close a Big Deal

Harvard Business Review

Even more, it requires understanding their motivations. The primary motivation of the champion is status: champions want to feel important. The champions I’ve known have been motivated by a host of related factors – generating personal visibility, drawing attention and resources to their domain, or being perceived as innovators.