Faced with mounting regulations and exposure to risk, the team at Fortune 500 electronics distribution company Avnet embarked on a program to organize, control and optimize their contracting...
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How do you build trust, momentum, energy and passion into every member of your team, whether you’re the long-time leader or the newest rookie? And when the workday is done, how do you bring the...
Why do so many deals that looked great on paper end up in tatters? Negotiators on both sides probably focused too much on closing the deals and squeezing the best terms out of one another - and...
Great leaders know the secrets to help themselves and their team members move from “it’s a job” to “it’s my PASSION.” They energize and engage the team, build effective and connected relationships...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review by Mark Gottfredson, Rudy Puryear, Stephen Phillips
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As globalization changes the basis of competition, sourcing is...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review
FROM THE JANUARY 2006 ISSUE
"WE ALL KNOW THE POWER OF THE KILLER APP. OVER THE YEARS, GROUNDBREAKING SYSTEMS FROM COMPANIES SUCH AS AMERICAN...
The UN General Assembly held its regular meeting in New York this fall. But this year its purpose was different – and with significant implications for the future of the human condition. More than...
"Senior executives are one of the toughest crowds you’ll face as a presenter. They’re incredibly impatient because their schedules are jam-packed — and they have to make lots of high-stakes...
"An audience can’t listen to your presentation and read detailed, text-heavy slides at the same time (not without missing key parts of your message, anyway). So make sure your slides pass what I...
In this landmark article from Harvard Business Review, issued in 1983, the author offers pragmatic advice on how top management can recognize the extent of its own supply weakness and treat it...