Secrets of a Maverick Manager
How questioning the status quo transforms business supply performance.
Published on 8. December 2023
166 pages
978-1-3984-5049-3 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the secret to successful projects with Richard May's insightful guide. Despite receiving approval, projects can still face unexpected turbulence. This often stems from not asking the right questions at the beginning. Drawing on his vast business and procurement expertise, May takes readers through revealing case studies, personal experiences, and anecdotes to shed light on the crucial "cornerstone questions." Business professionals, whether in the private or public sector, will benefit from May's practical approaches, which apply to all levels of project management and activities where external resources are critical to success. Learn how to implement these vital questions into your executive thinking, avoiding turbulence and ensuring project success."Anybody can ask questions, but not quite in the way Richard May does." Dr. Richard Russill, author of Purchasing Power and Route 42.
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Content
- Intro
- 'Secrets of a Maverick Manager'
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright Information ©
- Acknowledgement
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part A
- Chapter 1 A Less-than-stellar Outcome
- Chapter 2 What Is Business Critical Supply Management?
- Chapter 3 Lights! Camera! Action!
- Chapter 4 The Critical Business of Procurement: Vision of the Future Versus Tradition from the Past
- Chapter 5 The Four Cornerstone Questions (CSQs): Developing Organisation and Individual Capability
- Chapter 6 CSQ 1. What Is the Problem We Need to Solve?
- Chapter 7 CSQ 2. What Are the Real Business Needs/Opportunities?
- Chapter 8 CSQ 3. What Is the Outcome Needed?
- Chapter 9 CSQ 4. What Is the Benefit (In H-Smart Terms)?
- Chapter 10 An End-To-End Procurement/Supply Management Process and the Four CSQs
- Chapter 11 The Structured Approach to Strategic Procurement (SASP)
- Chapter 12 The Parkin Wheel: A Very Valuable Decision-Enhancing Tool When Planning Procurement Change
- Chapter 13 Other Useful Decision Enhancing Tools
- Part B
- Chapter 14 Growing Up in Kiwi Land and Impacts on Later Life
- Chapter 15 Passion for and Learnings from Sport and Experiences for Later Business Life
- Chapter 16 University, Chemical Engineering and Early Procurement Experiences
- Chapter 17 Early Chemical Engineering Experiences Related to Business-Critical Procurement
- Chapter 18 Entrepreneurial Thinking: Innate or Developed?
- Chapter 19 Alpha Chemical and Beyond, and Business Critical Supply Management
- Chapter 20 Falling into Business Supply Management
- Chapter 21 Early Business Procurement Experiences
- Chapter 22 A Multicultural Corporate Procurement Leadership Experience
- Chapter 23 From Corporate Life to Consulting in Business-Critical Supply Management
- Book Summary
