The Right Questions to Ask When Hiring Supply Chain Consultants
As you almost certainly know if you follow this blog, I run a group of companies that includes a couple of successful supply chain consulting firms. That’s my full disclosure out of the way before you read the rest of this post. So why am I going to reveal the questions you must ask before engaging supply chain consultants? Mostly it’s because if you’re a company leader thinking about hiring supply chain consultants, I want to help you select the right partner and hence maximise the likelihood of a successful...
read moreAre Social Media Faux Pas Sabotaging Your Career Prospects
It’s no secret that social media networking has become a primary tool for career trailblazing, and if you’re planning a career move or looking for progression, you’re probably well aware of the need to network, both in the physical and online sense. Of course physical networking has its limitations, whereas networking through social media offers unlimited scope for making new connections and showcasing your talents. At the same time though, the accessibility of your online profile (and those of your network contacts) can be...
read moreRevealed: The Best First Steps to Improve Your Business
If you’re the proud leader of a fledgling enterprise, there will doubtless come a time when you want to improve your business. In case you’re already reaching that point and wondering where to start, I’d like to share some tips that will help you take the first steps, with an emphasis on planning—probably the most influential factor in business improvement. Over the many years that I’ve been involved in founding, leading, and managing companies, as well as helping my consulting clients, I’ve had plenty of...
read more3 Golden Rules for Successful Online Study
Whether you are a school-leaver, university graduate, single parent, overworked professional, or high-powered executive, flexible online training and education programs let you learn new skills at your own pace and in any location, as long as you can access the Internet (and even when you can’t, study material can often be browsed offline). If you’ve never tried this form of (largely self-driven) education though, it’s important not to interpret “convenient” to mean “easy”. To succeed...
read more3 Simple Tips for Efficient Decision-making
Decision-making has been a necessary part of my role for many years, both in running my own businesses and in my consulting work, where I’ve helped many other leaders to make important decisions about their own businesses. Does that make me a good decision-maker? I’d like to think so, but I’m also aware that there is always room for improvement. Have I ever struggled with decision-making, made a bad one, or procrastinated in the false hope that an issue would just go away? Yes, more than a few times if I’m honest, and...
read moreHow Cambodia’s Children Will Learn From Supply Chain Leaders Insights
The inaugural Supply Chain Leaders Insights event—latest coaching and education brainchild of Rob O’Byrne—took place on 26th October, 2016. This supply chain “conference with a difference” was hailed as a great success by delegates. Indeed, many participants stated their intention to return to SCLI in 2017, having gained a wealth of valuable knowledge from the round-table sessions with supply chain experts. It seems only appropriate then, that attendees of such an educational event should be a source of learning for...
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