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Adapt Category Planning With Category Management E-commerce

Andy Palmer

July 3, 2019

Changing the Game: Category Management E-commerce The increased use of category management e-commerce and the digitally-enabled shopper have been rocking…

What is Procurement Category Management? & How Does it Work?

Andy Palmer

July 1, 2019

What is Procurement Category Management? (PCM) Procurement category management is a means of organising product groups to meet shopper needs…

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What I Learnt from a Bar About Decision Making & Leadership

Darren A. Smith

June 28, 2019

The Decision Making Bar in Business: Reflecting on My Volunteer Experience The music of a local blues band was getting…

Are Self-Development Books Worth Reading & Investing Time?

Darren A. Smith

June 21, 2019

Are Self-Development Books Worth It? There are over 80,000 self-development books on Amazon. So, maybe the answer is a simple…

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Reflection: Emotional Intelligence for New Managers

Will Clement

June 20, 2019

Mindful of Emotional Intelligence In past refections, I talk about the new manager and challenges for middle managers. In both…

Reflections of a Managing Director for Hasbro

Simon Leslie

June 5, 2019

Life as a Consumer Goods Managing Director I was very privileged to have been Managing Director in Portugal, Chile then…

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Grocery Buyer: Your RoboBuyer Will See You Now

Andrew Grant

June 4, 2019

Grocery Buyer: The Algorithm of Buying I am sure most national account managers will have wondered at some point whether…

An Authentic Approach to Management of Organisational Change

Will Clement

May 27, 2019

Organisational Change is About the Here and Now It’s a saying that has been used to death and beyond, ‘the…

Book Review: The Power to Get Things Done Levinson & Cooper

Will Clement

May 25, 2019

The Power to Get Things Done: About the Book One of the reasons many people pick up a book like…

Book Review: Key Person of Influence by Daniel Priestley

Hannah Power

May 24, 2019

As a personal branding specialist, I read a lot of books on the topic of leadership, branding, and influencing. I…

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M&S Results: Is Marks & Sparks a Declining Family Favourite?

Andrew Grant

May 23, 2019

We All Have a Soft Spot For Dear Old M&S There is something decent about them. We all (used) to…

Book Review: The Truth About Employee Engagement by Lencioni

Darren A. Smith

May 20, 2019

The Truth About Employee Engagement: About the Book ‘In a sea of generic books on employee engagement and empowerment. Lencioni…

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