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Art van Bodegraven was, among other roles, chief design officer for the DES Leadership Academy. He passed away on June 18, 2017. He will be greatly missed.
If your future depends on how well your teams do (and it does), you've got to invest in conscious team construction, using every tool and insight you can find.
As the old guard exits the workplace, we'll need successors who know what leadership is and how to exercise it. But who will nurture that next generation of leaders?
Managers sometimes neglect the talent development part of their job because coaching can be awkward and challenging. But in an era of teamwork and collaboration, it's vital to success.
I used to believe with my whole being that leaders are born and not made—that they are gifted with innate, and different, skills from the moment of conception. No longer.
Though intended for drivers, the warning applies equally to business relationships. That is, what we think we see may not be a wholly accurate depiction of reality.
No matter what your role in the supply chain, sooner or later you're going to have to make tough calls about recruiting, hiring, or promoting your successor.
How is that sales and marketing can pry money from top management for almost any hare-brained scheme, while supply chain managers scratch and claw for scraps? It's all about the fine art of persuasion.
In uncertain times, we can all use some guideposts to tell us how far we've come and how far we've yet to go. Here's our current take on the Ten Commandments for supply chain management success.