Toronto Blue Jays fans were disappointed this week to hear that the team’s 2015 “Rent-an-Ace”, David Price, has signed a new contract with the Boston Red Sox. The contract is reputedly for 7 years and 217 million dollars. It occurred to me that here was some...

Congratulations! You’ve made it. You’re at the top of your game. You own your business or lead your business unit. People both within your organization and outside look to you for guidance, insight, opportunities, problem solving, wisdom and the list goes on. So I ask...

Over the past month I have been watching a lot of baseball.  For the record, I always watch baseball in October and usually watch the teams that I follow go down, one by one. This year was extra exciting due to the participation of my hometown Toronto Blue Jays, which...

How many times have we heard the suggestion that good a leadership style is essential to success? But then we ask ourselves of all the leadership styles what is the best one? Or is there a point in time when any of the leadership styles could be the right one? Are we...

My 20 year old day-planner continues to offer insight into my own personal styles of learning and management. I look at it several times throughout the day to check my short term goals and actions but sometimes I sit back and think ok, so what strategic thing have I...

I was recently in Barcelona Spain at the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) World Summit. The IFPSM brings together 48 national purchasing and supply management associations from around the world to discuss trending purchasing and...