The Brave CPO: Dominant Stakeholders

Dave HenshallInfluence, Power, Stakeholder Management

The Brave CPO Part 2 The Brave CPO: Dominant Stakeholders The Brave CPO: Dominant Stakeholders. That procurement must treat its stakeholders as customers in not in question. However, the notion that procurement must ‘Kowtow’ to these stakeholders for mutual benefit is absurd. While procurement must have a strategy to collaborate with stakeholders (touched upon in part 1 ) to build trust, … Read More

The Greatest Challenge is Internal: Stakeholder Relationships

Dave HenshallInfluence, Political, Stakeholder Management

The Greatest Challenge is Internal: Stakeholder Relationship’s Procurement is often perceived as an EXTERNAL facing function. After all procurement negotiates with suppliers and works with them to reduce cost and improve efficiencies doesn’t it? Well this may be true in part, but procurement’s ability to achieve its objectives is strongly impacted by the strength and quality of its INTERNAL relationships … Read More