Author: DanaMarieSmall
Have You Been a Victim of Scope Creep? Find out Why it’s the Ultimate Business Betrayal and What You Can Do About it
Everything is going fine until you get a call and find out “unfortunately, this is going to take a lot more than we initially thought.” Cue an increase in pricing and scope to give you the ultimate business betrayal scope creep.
Martech WEBINAR! Keys to a Successful Martech Procurement
Webinar on Martech Procurement: Please join Ms. Category Management and other amazing Sourcing Professionals in a Webinar in best practices in Sourcing the Martech Stack!
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Putting the “CURE” back in Procurement in 2020
What is the 'Cure' We Should Be Focused on? People, Processes, and Technology There are a lot of different types of problems across... Read More
Tough Negotiations – Have You Been Stonewalled?
Find out how to breakthrough business negotiations, when you’re a victim of the stonewalling technique.
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Improving Your Work Relationships in 2020
Work relationships aren’t easy to manage. Therefore, find out what you can do to improve them for 2020 and beyond.
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Conspiracy Theories about Procurement – Fact or Fiction?
December 2019 – Procurement Conspiracy Theories – Fact or Fiction? Click the link to find out if there are little green men in our back offices!
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When Fighting for Equality Isn’t Enough #WSW
Dec-2019 – When Fighting for Equality Isn’t Enough, Sometimes You Need to Re-Write History.
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Proactive Management of Agencies throughout the Product Life Cycle
Agencies – Best practices when managing creative and strategy ad agencies throughout the product lifecycle.
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There’s no Participation Trophy for Showing up to Work
Participation trophies for the millennials, entitled Boomers and everything in between (don't forget us Gen Xers!) Yes, you need to show up. It's... Read More
Bring it on Nightmare Negotiators, I’ve Been Black Swan Trained!
Negotiation Training with one of the best, former FBI hostage negotiator Christopher Voss.
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Why SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) Matters – It’s Your Business to Lose!
SRM is important, why? Suppliers assume they have the business because they are the incumbents. But remember it’s your business to lose!
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Have We Stretched the Supplier Relationship Too Far?
Supplier Relationships 101 The title sums it up pretty well. Let’s think of the relationship between buyers and suppliers like a rubber band….
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Sourceit and the RSN Real Sourcing Network – Sarah Scudder #WSW
Sourceit for bidding out Print, Fullfillment and Promotional Items for your entire company! This blog isn't just to highlight this amazing tool, it's... Read More
More RFP Mistakes, Mishaps and Mayhem!
RFP Mistakes... What do you do, when you've encountered writer's block? That's right! Exploit others' pain anonymously! Kidding. I would never do... Read More