Category: Leadership

The Tricks to Maintaining Employee Happiness!

Motivating Employees for Better Results!

Your business might very much be something that belongs to you, but as it grows, its success and the operation of your services likely wouldn’t be possible without your employees’ work. It’s easy to ignore that and see yourself as the one who holds all of the power due to the benefits that you might provide them with, but maintaining employee happiness could be more vital to your business than you expect.

Not only does this go a long way to fostering a positive work environment in general, but it can also reduce your staff turnover and develop stronger relationships between you and your employees, which translates into higher productivity levels.

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A Competitive Strategy to Achieve Industry Advantage!

Competing against Amazon? You Need A Blue Ocean Strategy!

Strategic competitiveness represents a metered and premeditated approach to creating a position in the market and industry advantage.  Companies can create specific boundaries that represent how the organization or product intends to have an advantage among competitors.

Companies utilize analysis of their position in the market in order to assess and project future success and likely returns.  In order to gain competitive industry advantage, an organization must find unique products, services, or marketing strategies to set them apart from competitors in a sustainable manner.  

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There Are Not Enough Women Supply Chain Leaders!

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods!

Women have made tremendous strides in the Supply Chain Management profession. However a new survey shows that the percentage of women Supply Chain leaders is still low.

Time was, Supply Chain Management was seen as an outgrowth of a blue collar profession. Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions.

As a result, the field was overwhelmingly male: because mostly men occupied those front-line roles, and educational opportunities to get into the field were limited, the leadership reflected that demographic.

But as we chronicle on the Argentus blog, the field has changed. Supply Chain is no longer a back-office, transactional function.

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro! Lessons for Life and Business!

10 Mountain Climbing Strategies and Lessons for Optimum Results!

I spent a year working in Colorado. In Colorado you can’t help but be drawn to the beauty of the mountains. Eventually I started climbing those peaks (called the Fourteeners, as they are over 14,000 feet high) in my spare time. I hadn’t even thought about Mount Kilimanjaro at that point.

At the same time I started reading all of the books I could find on mountain climbing. One in particular, the “Seven Summits“, by Dick Bass and Frank Wells, with Rick Ridgeway, really caught my attention. It tells the story about these guys who got the idea to climb the highest summit on each continent.

By the time I had finished the book I got the idea in my head that I wanted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. That became the start of an adventure of a lifetime.

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Our Top 10 High Performance Organization / Cultural Change Articles!

There are differences between winning teams and a high performance organization and losing teams. There are differences between winning companies and losing companies.

Some of those differences are induced by uncontrollable factors. And while every winning team does not win all the time, and every losing team does not lose all the time, there are controllable factors which determine the predominant direction of any organization.

You can create the culture and the high performance organization which allows your organization to be successful and win more than you lose. Here we present our 10 best articles to allow you to create the culture that will lead to having a high performance organization.

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Our 2020 Top 10 List Part 2!

As we come to the end of our 4th year here at Supply Chain Game Changer we have realized some exciting milestones.

With over 4 million views across the Website, LinkedIn and Twitter our content has continued to be highly recognized. The site is viewed as a key influencer platform in the arenas of Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement and Management. It is a must read place source for Professionals, Students and Experts alike. We have now published over 600 articles since our inception along with 3 Ebooks.

Continuing in our tradition of years past we present here our 2020 Top 10 List Part 2. As the globe continues to struggle with the Coronavirus pandemic we’ve written many several articles with respect to the pandemic and its repercussions and the future.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Here’s our list of our Top 10 articles of 2020, for the second half of the year:

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Sheri Hinish, The Supply Chain Queen®!

The Ocean Plastics Environmental Crisis!

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe.  As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series here at Supply Chain Game Changer. This interview is with Sheri Hinish, the World renowned Supply Chain Queen®!

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12 Tips for Aspiring Human Resources Leaders!

Ways to Become a Better Leader!

Human Resources (HR) is more than just hiring and firing. It’s about nurturing a workplace environment that fosters growth, respects diversity, and bolsters company performance.

Aspiring Human Resources leaders are often on the lookout for strategies to enhance their influence and effectiveness within their organizations. Strong HR leadership not only helps in managing the workforce but also shapes the culture and future of the organization.

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To Infinity and Beyond! Ultimate Principles for Creating a World Class Team!

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The Supply Chain team was generally viewed as lacking in skill and capability by those outside the organization.  Customers and other internal functions viewed Supply Chain as a dysfunctional organization as evidenced by the poor Supply Chain performance metrics.  And external benchmarking placed our Supply Chain last amongst our competitors.  Going to infinity and beyond was a tall task to say the least.

Inside the Supply Chain organization there were a lot of very smart people.  But there was no trust, teamwork or synergy.   The culture was one more of complacency than of trend setting.  And there was a lack of inspired leadership.

Something had to change!

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Ways to Become a Better Leader!

10 Lessons From Good Bosses!

Leadership is a pivotal aspect of both personal and professional growth. Effective leaders inspire their teams, drive meaningful change, and deliver results that benefit entire organizations and communities.

However, becoming a better leader is not an innate trait but rather a skill developed through dedication and continuous learning. This article outlines key strategies to enhance leadership abilities and become a better leader, focusing on education, communication, emotional intelligence, and decision-making skills.

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The Digital Supply Chain Journey: Step 4 – Supplier Onboarding!

The Digital Supply Chain Journey: Step 3 – Electronic Connectivity!

The foundations of any Digital Supply Chain is the real time, end-to-end electronic connectivity of every node and aspect of your Supply Chain. Unless your company is entirely self-sufficient this connectivity requires extensive and exhaustive Supplier Onboarding.

And this onboarding is not restricted to the first tier suppliers with whom you have direct contact. You must connect with second, third, and fourth tier suppliers, many of which you will often never have even heard of before.

And that is an enormous challenge, to say the very least.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – Our 2020 All Stars!

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This is our third year of publishing interviews with great leaders. Our 2020 All Stars are leaders that have been exceptional this year, as they and people from all walks of life have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.

The interviews are generally amongst our highest viewed articles. This further underscores the fundamental objective of Supply Chain Game Changer which is to share experiences and expertise from professionals around the world.

People want to hear from others and learn the lessons they can share. They want to hear about experiences and get advice and guidance.

We are honoured to present, in order of publication, our compilation of Seasoned Leadership In Action™ interviews from 2020!

Please take the time to view them all. There is value to be learned from every single one of these exceptional leaders! Here are our 2020 All Stars!

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Mike Croza, Founder of Supply Chain Alliance!

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe.  As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This interview is with Mike Croza, Founder and Managing Partner at Supply Chain Alliance.

Supply Chain Alliance is a premier Management Consulting firm specializing in all things Supply Chain. With decades of experience and a track record of achieving outstanding results in all industries they are an essential resource for those looking to move their businesses forward.

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