Category: Leadership Development
Podcast: Navigating Complex Supply Chain Transformations – with Chris Brown, Sr. VP of Supply Chain & Operations
Listen to our 53rd Supply Chain Careers Series Episode featuring Chris Brown, Senior VP of Supply Chain and Operations, Rise Baking Company.
Supply Chain Leadership Series Ep 10: The Art of Servant Leadership
In the 10th Leadership Series episode, listen and learn about what it takes to be and live the role of the servant leader.
Co Sourcing Partners Impact Outcomes and Profitability
By Chris Gaffney and Karen Bird Find the Right Co-Sourcing Partner Building capability in your supply chain used to be a bright-line distinction: Either you did it yourself or you hired someone else to handle it entirely. In-sourcing versus outsourcing, all or nothing, whether you were looking at planning, execution, or even the physical work of supply chain operations. Today's complex and ever-shifting environment, though, requires a more nuanced and flexible approach that can deliver both agility and deep expertise at different levels, depending on the situation: Co-Sourcing. Co-sourcing is an intentional blending of sorts: It's the shared delivery [...]
Diversity in Supply Chain – (DEI) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Supply Chains
Managing diversity in your company’s supply chain workforce can be challenging. However, the overall benefits of a diverse workforce improve your company’s worth. In business, the bottom line indicates the health and growth of a company. Most return on investment (ROI) numbers can be calculated fairly easily, but there are some intangibles that improve ROI and aren’t so easy to correlate. One such “intangible” is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in a company’s workforce. In this article, we make a case for actively pursuing DEI (sometimes called just D&I for Diversity and Inclusion), in supply chains and business. Multiple guests on the Supply Chain Careers Podcast have emphasized how diverse backgrounds and viewpoints positively enhance the ability for supply [...]
Podcast: Building Networks Before You Need Them – with Mark Shaughnessy, President, Crowsnest Capital, Inc
Listen to our 52nd Supply Chain Careers Series Episode featuring Mark Shaughnessy, President, Crowsnest Capital
Trends Affecting the Food and Beverage Supply Chain
Quiet Bridge Burning could be the next hot trend in the employment market. Talent professionals have been experiencing a sharp rise in candidates who are accepting lucrative job offers, only to back out at the last minute.
Will Tech Layoffs Benefit Supply Chains?
Large scale tech layoffs could lead to a solution to the supply chain talent shortage. Companies like Meta, Tesla, Coinbase, Robinhood, google, Microsoft and Amazon hacked portions of their workforce in efforts to address what many believe to be an economic downturn coming down the pike. A lot of these job losses were in the technology and software sector. It is estimated that 200,000 tech employees have been laid off in reduction of force measures since the beginning of 2022. Meanwhile, supply chain organizations suffer from the opposite problem: not enough talent to handle a rapidly accelerating technology base. [...]
Podcast: Reflections on Practical Leadership – with Chancellor Emeritus at The University of Arkansas, John White
Listen to our 51st Supply Chain Career Podcast Episode featuring Chancellor Emeritus at The University of Arkansas, John White
Quiet Bridge Burning a HOT Topic
Quiet Bridge Burning could be the next hot trend in the employment market. Talent professionals have been experiencing a sharp rise in candidates who are accepting lucrative job offers, only to back out at the last minute.
Supply Chain Leadership Series Ep 9: Adult Learning & Development Planning
In this episode, listen and learn how to get started and apply the 70-20-10 concept that helps you weave your development and learning into the job, making the time and space for development.
