Creating Personal Accountability in Mentoring Relationships Article in Supply & Demand Chain Executive by Kate Vitasek and Joe Tillman The glow surrounding networking events draws many young professionals like a bug light. The opportunity to meet and understand how others were successful is important for their self-development. It’s an opportunity to gather as many tips […]
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Outsource Magazine — December 2013
Leaping to greatness December 18, 2013 column/blog by Kate Vitasek on the Outsource Magazine website. Stanford University academic, teacher and business consultant Jim Collins famously addressed the concept of making the leap to greatness in a huge bestseller, Good to Great, which I admired then and now because his solid research produced a counter-intuitive riff on the qualities […]
Area Development Online — December 2013
How to Develop a Successful Outsourcing Contract Article in Area Development online by Kate Vitasek and Joseph Tillman on December 10, 2013. Outsourcing agreements crafted according to the 10 elements and five rules of “Vested” result in truly collaborative agreements and a win-win situation for the parties involved… Here is the link to the full […]
Area Development — December 2013
Vested Outsourcing: How P&G Brought its Focus on Innovation to Facilities Management Article in Area Development online on Dec. 10, 2013 by Kate Vitasek and Joseph Tillman. In a unique arrangement, P&G outsourced its facilities management, along with several other functions, creating a collaborative, win-win relationship with its service providers… Here’s the link for the […]
Information Week — December 2013
5 Ways To Turbocharge Innovation “Think “creative conflict” rather than touchy-feely collaboration to get the best ideas out of your organization.” Commentary in InformationWeek’s Strategic CIO by Kate Vitasek and Andrew Downard, published on December 5, 2013. Here’s the link: http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staffing/5-ways-to-turbocharge-innovation-/d/d-id/1112920?
Leadership Excellence – Sales and Service Excellence – November, 2013
Getting to We: Negotiating agreements Article in the October 2013 edition of Leadership Excellence – Sales and Service Excellence, by Jeanette Nyden, Kate Vitasek and David Frydlinger. The article is at pages 6 and 7 of the magazine. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/mvm8fmc
Talking Logistics — October 2013
Getting to We: A Conversation with Kate Vitasek and Jeanette Nyden by Talking Logistics Ready to “walk the talk” on creating highly collaborative business relationships? In this episode, Kate Vitasek and Jeanette Nyden discuss the key points from their recently published book, Getting to We, which “flips conventional negotiation on its head and shifts the perspective to […]
Outsource Magazine — October 2013
Stewart and Plotkin, the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Generous Strategies Column by Kate Vitasek published Oct. 16 in Outsource Magazine online. I’ve been a game theory fan for many years, particularly as it relates to showing that cooperative behavior indeed creates true “win-win” situations. So I was excited to read a work of University of Pennsylvania […]
Outsource Magazine — October 2013
Getting to We: Time for a New Negotiating Paradigm Column/blog by Kate Vitasek, Jeanette Nyden and David Frydlinger If your recent experiences with new or renewal contract negotiations are something akin to visiting the dentist for a root canal, we’d like to introduce you to a much better – and pain-free! – way to go […]
RVCF Link – September 2013
Five and Ten: Five Rules and Ten Steps for a Successful Supplier Contract Article on the Five Rules and 10 Elements by Kate Vitasek and Joe Tillman. Alignment, communication and collaboration are crucial for an effective buyer-supplier retail value chain. That’s easy to say, not necessarily easy to accomplish… Here’s the link: https://www.rvcf.com/page/RVCF_LINK_13_09_02/?