Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The following excerpt is from the Introduction of Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Global Supply Chain Into a Competitive Weapon by Steven J. Your supply chain is the backbone of your company. Like a backbone, your supply chain is a complex mechanism. I use the word “optimized” deliberately.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Today’s guest post is b y Maureen Metcalf, CEO of Innovative Leadership Institute, and a Principal here at thought LEADERS. Leaders face unprecedented challenges as change accelerates; they rush to learn about AI while finding additional market pressures and supply chain disruption.

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CEO Insider

JULY 20, 2020

Dan Goman is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies, a software company targeted towards providing the post-production and OTT industries with ground-breaking innovations, from digital supply chain solutions to unique, customizable video apps.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. times more likely to trust their leaders. “Our

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

We see some of the best candidates coming from startups and thinking first about mobile technology, automated supply chain management, and data analytics. The CEO of the future is going to have a broader experience than the current CEO. The role of a CPG CEO has always required a deep curiosity about consumers.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

High-profile layoffs, volatile markets, a protracted war, supply chain and climate disruptions, political unrest, weak signals of recovery (e.g., Think about some of the challenges we’re experiencing as we make our way through 2023.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The World is a Riskier Place: As the COVID-19 pandemic brought unparalleled disruptions to global, national and local supply chains across nearly every industry, supply chain resilience has catapulted to the top of the C-suite agenda where 93% of CEO’s are rethinking their supply chain operating models to become more resilient, responsive and agile.1

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CEO Insider

MARCH 19, 2022

It’s understandable if business leaders feel ready for some respite from the turmoil and challenges of leading organisations during the past few years; first Brexit caused untold headaches, then COVID-19 struck, now we are facing the disruption of global supply chains and the threat of a new war across Europe.

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CEO Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Until recently, logistics and supply chain management were professions that happened quietly, behind the scenes. When we picture supply chain management and logistics professionals, we probably picture a somewhat skewed view of the workforce.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The level of waste our book supply chain produces each year is environmentally unfriendly and inefficient to a fault. Some readers have embraced the convenience of ebooks, but the majority of readers still prefer the familiar feel of a paperback or hardcover book in their hands.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. Doesn’t much of a CEO’s job consist of being on the receiving end of ever-increasing floods of data that can now be gleaned in real time from inputs around the globe? CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. So, are CEOs really necessary anymore?

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 21, 2022

As a General Motors Supply Chain leader for over 25 years and now a small business owner, my experience has proven that successful operating fundamentals are the same, no matter the size of the company. The post How Small Business Can Benefit By Acting “Big” appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 7, 2022

Inflation, regulation, and supply chain shortages make it difficult for companies to compete while operating at the intersection of ESG and corporate stewardship. Sometimes, I visualize corporate board members playing the game Twister as they attempt to avoid collapse while managing rules which can have unintended consequences.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 27, 2020

The business upheaval is daunting — from supply chain risks to wild swings in […]. With the increased global interconnectivity and resultant codependency of today’s world, however, the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic disruption it has caused are truly without modern equivalent.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 14, 2019

design teams, to procurement, supply chain, etc. all the way across and up to the CEO. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 4, 2019

A lot of people in leadership dream about becoming the CEO of a company. As an executive leadership coach, I have the privilege of working with numerous CEOs. Here is a little insight into the things that trouble CEOs: The human reality of leadership. Talent management. Building a strong management team.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

As consumers are more and more demanding that they see the provenance of items they purchase to ensure they align with their values, leaders are being forced to rethink their supply chain and the materials that they use. “There will be times when prioritizing values, especially trust, will come at the expense of profits.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 21, 2011

MBWA is both a practical and productive use of time for a CEO. I respect Jennifer’s work and find no flaw whatsoever in her encouragement to CEOs to spend more time with their employees and directors. However my experience with CEOs is that engagement with external constituencies is highly productive.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. Second, they must become a trusted consigliere to the CEO. He is a highly valued and trusted thought partner to CEO Bruce Broussar d.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is what the founder and CEO of a tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees realized in early June as his beleaguered team addressed a host of problems. After reading my book about strategic pivoting , the CEO asked me to hold a strategic retreat to help the company restrategize its plans.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2022

To build company resilience, CEOs must prioritize relationships with suppliers.

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HR Digest

APRIL 17, 2023

Apple has been criticised for its working conditions in its supply chain, while Meta has been accused of mishandling user data and spreading misinformation. In addition to the Glassdoor 100 best places to work in the tech industry, it also releases rankings for the top CEOs and the best workplaces across different industries.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 14, 2019

design teams, to procurement, supply chain, etc. all the way across and up to the CEO. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2018

No serious strategic moves will be made without them being part of the decision-making; however, markets, customers, supply chains, manufacturing processes and everything else in the age of “digital connectivity” changes too fast for a traditional organization to react in a timely fashion.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

A lot of people think that consulting is all strategy-driven, where companies hand a few slips of paper to the CEO and then leave. But this is not actually the case; there are all kinds of companies offering advice right along the value chain. There are many types of consultants to choose from. Strategy consultants.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

Better supply chains. As part of a broader risk reduction exercise, we will see companies make moves to build more robust supply chains. New provenance chain technology, based on Blockchain technology, can play a big role here. Self-driving delivery trucks and drones don’t carry disease if properly cleaned.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Recent research by the author has further explored this field, highlighting two critical aspects: the role of high-ability managers in selecting profitable ESG projects and the long-term value of ESG practices in supply chains.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

At Freeman, we streamline our supply chain by taking a beginner’s mindset and breaking down the process. Before Freeman, Janet served as CEO of Marsh ClearSight, a global leader in risk, safety, and claims management software. The first two minutes make or break any habit, Clear says.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 27, 2021

Ten book chapters cover : Q&A from the front lines Lead yourself first Know your audience and their needs Show your human side Communicate the right messages at the right times Frame the context and make it relevant Talk openly about what’s happening Use the right channels to communicate with impact Be ready to answer questions Be respectfully (..)

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 20, 2017

If you have a supply chain problem, go to the site and record in detail what’s going on. Nathaniel Greene is the co-founder and current CEO of Stroud International , and author of Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem-Solvers. If you have unhappy customers, listen in depth to what they’re saying. Stay on target.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer. In the meantime, the firm and supply chain invest heavily in the product or service offering, in hopes of luring customers. Resistance from Within.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 24, 2022

Chris Brogan, author, keynote speaker, Chief of Staff to the CEO of Appfire, and an all-around good guy, began a practice in 2006 that I’ve always admired. It’s called My Three Words. I have not always adopted it consistently over the years, but when I have, I found it to be everything Chris suggests it […].

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2021

The key to this is to realize that the world supply chains that we got used to, may need to change. The cultural shift is so strong, that many CEOs feel like they are playing catch-up. It’s quite amazing when you think about it, that a pandemic has changed the way we see business and products as customers and clients.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As a CEO […]. As someone who spends most of his time working in a language that is not my mother tongue, I’m aware I spend perhaps more time than most considering the meanings of words. It’s always interesting to me how different aspects of the same idea are illuminated by the names we give them. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Companies are always shocked when low-probability events such as an earthquake or a tsunami disrupt their supply chains — as has happened after the tragic events in Japan two weeks ago — because of two fallacies. The other is the persistent feeling that supply chains represent a cost. Be Prepared to React.

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Although the subject of innovation has risen to the top of the CEO agenda, many companies have a mistakenly narrow view of it. Supply chain. But what exactly is innovation? They might see innovation as synonymous with new product development or traditional research and development. Customer experience. Value capture. Networking.

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