By Dr. Tom DePaoli Purchasing professionals need to realize that they must not only market their purchasing strategies but their successes. Many purchasing professionals neglect to create a marketing plan for their organization. I use the term marketing plan synonymously with communication plan. Some of the goals and techniques of your marketing-communication plan should be […]
63. Make Your Followers “Create” Department Goals Break your department up into teams. Make them come up with some goals for the year, not you. Give them no resources or tools to complete them. Require them to report on them monthly and berate them if they make no progress. Story One of my colleagues had […]
I once had an employee who was initially very upset that I took over as leader of the department. She thought that she deserved to be promoted and become the leader. She had more experience than me. She was very cold to me and resisted any initiatives that I proposed. Shortly thereafter, her mother became […]
Dr. Tom DePaoli is pleased to announce the release of a new leadership book. https://drtombooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Leadership-by-Storytelly-wmv-1.wmv Click on URL to Enjoy the above video about the book! Leadership by Storytelling: The Best Way to Learn Leadership Principles Sheboygan, Wisconsin – With the book Leadership by Storytelling, Dr. Tom DePaoli provides some excellent principles […]
I once was involved with a major transformation of a worldwide logistics organization. At the start of the transformation, they had twenty-six divisions. They had decided to reorganize and needed some basis for the reorganization. I suggested that we first do a marketing plan, which was greeted by disbelief and catcalls. I explained my strategy […]
Employee Complaints Answered in 29 Days versus 180 Days The grievance of a worldwide logistics system was notoriously slow and employees had to wait on average of 180 days for the grievances to be answered. Worse yet employees had a hard time finding out the status of their grievance. There were individual case workers assigned […]
Learn how to run Kaizens on amazon.com! In his new fun and creative book Kaizen Kreativity (Oops) or Don’t Be Afraid of Looking Stupid. I’m an Expert at It! author Dr. Tom DePaoli offers an entertaining and creative approach to improving work design and work processes. Dr. DePaoli uses a variety of techniques including story-telling, imaginative training exercises […]
Short video on the book click below. Jayson version 1 wmv Enjoy podcast http://www.blogtalkradio.com/surn/2019/01/15/voice-of-olympus Jason Powerpoint only In his guide to organizational transformation, author Tom DePaoli simplifies the strategies learned from his diverse career in many organizations. The book does an analogy of the Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts Quest for the Golden Fleece. […]
By Dr. Tom DePaoli An information-based negotiation is a radically different approach to negotiations. It emphasizes deep knowledge of the supplier and its industry. It transgresses from some traditional approaches to negotiations. It is not the adversarial win-lose negotiation style with the emphasis on game playing, theatrics and taking full advantage of a supplier’s weaknesses. […]
Dr.Tom DePaoli Dr. Tom DePaoli (Dr. Tom or Captain Tom) has taught extensively at universities and in the Navy. He is currently the CEO of Apollo Solutions Consulting (founded in 1995). His company does general business consulting in the human resources, supply chain, transformation, and Lean Six Sigma areas. He retired as a Captain […]
Dr. Tom DePaoli CEO Apollo Solutions won an award for his book “Leadership by Storytelling: The Best Way to Learn Good Leadership Skills”,
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