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Harvard Business Review just came out with a new piece on The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning. The research to support their findings reveals that the market value wiped out by mismanaged CEO and C-suite transitions in the S&P 1500 alone is close a $1 trillion a year. Yes, you read that correctly. That’s…

MRA’s Naseem Malik, CPSM shared 3 simple habits every procurement professional should develop in a recent Procurious interview. His tips are noted below, but if you really want to improve your ROI by automating these game-changing behaviors, check out the full Procurious blog post. Naseem’s Top 3 Tips: Staying proactive and preparing for continual changes…

It likely will come as no surprise to anyone that one of the current hottest workplace topics is…the workplace itself.  The pandemic forced many organizations to abruptly transition to a 100% remote work environment. This had more than a few employees sighing in thanks as there has been clamoring for years regarding the need for…

As I write this post in mid-January 2021, we’re looking at an entirely different workplace (and global) landscape than this time a short year ago. OK, I’ll take that back, 2020 was anything but short…and it drove significant changes to what “work” looks like today and how business is conducted. Harvard Business Review covered nine…

It’s that time; the end of the calendar year. Time to reflect upon and honor the (soon-to-be) 2020 past (yes, you read that correctly, I said honor). That magical far away time is almost upon us – 2021! Recently, Thrive Global posted a short piece on the surprising things we learned this year. It gave…

Harvard Business Review recently put out an article that really got us thinking and did so by starting with the painfully obvious…we’re all exhausted. As 2020 nears a merciful end, it’s hard not to reflect on the stress caused by the vast range of emotions we’ve experienced. From fear (Coronavirus exposure, losing loved ones, economic…

An interesting new initiative undertaken by a successful Procurement executive recently caught our attention. Pivot Ops was created to help small and mid-sized businesses cope with the new pandemic reality of operating. As these critical businesses deal with risk, resiliency and safely operating their companies again, Pivot Ops provides a framework that can be utilized…

In this article, MRA’s own Nick Lazzara shares his thoughts on deploying a process commonly used in the tech world, “Agile Methodology”, in the procurement space and how to use this to your advantage in the procurement employment market. Read the entire post here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agile-methodology-employability-procurement-nick-lazzara/