Articles and Blogs

 

February 2010
Advanced Purchasing Dynamics Newsletter by Nancy Q. Smith, Your Foot in the Door or Seat at the Table: Use It or Lose It.

2009
EP Whitepaper The CPO Perspective on Strategic Business Partnerships with Internal Clients featuring 15 leading CPOs authored by Dave Nelson, Senior Advisor, Dave Nelson Group and Former CPO at Delphi Corporation, John Deere and Honda and Nancy Q. Smith

Blog Article: ASTD Central Iowa Blog Step it Up! Moving from Solution Provider to Performance Consultant and Strategic Partner

December 2008
Purchasing Magazine
A winning MRO strategy requires communication, teamwork.  Article featuring Nancy Q. Smith

June 2008
T + D Magazine (ASTD)
Making the Exemplary Normal, by Paul Elliott, Elena Galbraith, and Al Folsom

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LATEST NEWS

Interview: “The Right Atmosphere” in The Suit, with Dr. Paul Elliott. Read Now

Article: ”A Strategic Approach to Role Based Talent Management” in Training Magazine by Nancy Q. Smith.  Read Now

 

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

April 21, 2012 – Dr. Elliott, Dr. Folsom and Joe Harless will be presenting, “An Ounce of Analysis–The Legacy of Joe Harless” at the International ISPI conference in Toronto Canada. Joe Harless’s seminal work– An Ounce of Analysis –has shaped the thinking of performance improvement over much of ISPI’s history. This session will review the underlying premises of performance analysis, the value of an accomplishment-based approach, the robust nature of the data that are captured, and the impact when the analysis results serve as the basis for designing high-performance work systems.

RECENT AWARDS

Nancy Q. Smith will be moderating the panel presentation, Developing Supply Chain Talent at the 97th Annual Institute for Supply Management International Supply Management Conference on May 7, 2012, 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. in Baltimore, MD.

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