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Painting a Leader’s Vision or Dream - Lean Six Sigma Success A good leader always paints and explains their vision very well. W...

Listen to Your Followers’ Problems and Help Them. I once had an employee who was initially very upset that I took over as leader ...

Website Design and Voice of the Customer A major company that I worked for wanted to redesign their inter¬nal website. They ...

Benchmarking Via the Shopping-Cart or As Is to To Be Many organizations brag about their benchmarking efforts and how good the...

Treat People Like You Would Like to Be Treated Late one Friday afternoon I was working late in my Human Resources office. My pho...

The Billion-Dollar Boys and Mega-Negotiations Story By Dr. Tom DePaoli I and a supply management colleague had been working diligently...

Luck Helps or My E-procurement Software Installation Story I have extensive functional procurement and supply manageme...

A classmate of mine in the Navy Reserve was put in charge of a new concept Navy fuel unit that was to assist in fueling requirement...

De-mystifying Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for Supply Chain and Purchasing Professionals Many supply chain and purchasing professionals are int...

Stand Up For What You Believe In. Do Not Be Silent to Idiots or Insanity. When I was working for a large chemical company I was ...

My Worst Boss Story What to do When Your Leader or Boss Dislikes You Story In the Navy Reserve I once had a boss (leader...

Take Care of Your People. Take Care of Your People. Take Care of Your People The title of this article was the advice my Dad ...

Praise People Who Do A Good Job Often By Dr. Tom DePaoli For more leadership stories see his book: Leadership by Storytelling on ...

Listen to Your Followers’ Problems and Help Them. I once had an employee who was initially very upset that I took over as ...

Information-Based Negotiations - A Different Approach to Negotiations in Procurement An information-based negotiation is a radi...

A Transaction-Based Lean Six Sigma Success When I took over as head of a procurement division for an integrated paper company, th...

Leadership Is The Art Of Accomplishing The Impossible. So, What Is No One Has Ever Done It Before I worked for a large company th...

Never neglect details. Walk the process. Do it yourself to learn how to do it. I had just reported into a new organization and was...

The Billion-Dollar Boys and Mega-Negotiations Story By Dr. Tom DePaoli I and a supply management colleague had been working di...

More Broken Windows Management Tips (3) By Dr. Tom DePaoli See my book Broken Windows Management on Amazon for more tips. ...

The most common and most egregious mistake that the various process-improvement team leaders make is not hav¬ing a meeting...

Two New Leadership Books Available on Amazon. Dark Side and Authentic Side. Interview with Dr. Tom DePaoli Author of Two N...

How to Save a Billion Dollars in Your Supply Chain Or “the Billion-Dollar Boys” and Mega-Negotiations Story By Dr. Tom DePaoli For...