The worksheet is a practical reflection tool for leaders who want to be more intentional about the impact they create. It helps you clarify what your organization truly needs next and how you plan to move it forward, while also turning the lens inward to examine the skills you must strengthen and the internal beliefs that shape how you lead. By pairing organizational preparedness through Summit and Strategies with self preparedness through Skills and Stories, this framework invites a more complete definition of leadership, one that recognizes that sustainable change requires both clear direction and personal conviction. Use it individually or with a team to translate leadership potential into deliberate action.
Supply Chain Transformation
A Resource Guide to Explain Supply Chain Transformation
If you are holding this guide, you likely attended one of our sessions on supply chain transformation. Whether you are here to learn from the case study at Intermountain Health or OHSU or simply exploring what transformation could mean for your organization, this guide was created to support your journey.
Our goal is to provide a clear orientation to the why, what, and how of supply chain transformation. This is not a case study handout, nor is it a detailed map of any one organization's journey. Instead, this guide is a companion to the concepts being presented on stage. It reflects more than fifteen years of real-world experience leading, advising, and witnessing transformation across dozens of healthcare systems and supplier organizations.
This guide will walk you through the most important concepts underpinning supply chain transformation. You will see nine visual frames throughout this document; each one representing a building block of how transformation is defined, structured, and sequenced. Along the way, we will introduce the foundational elements of high performing supply chains, the maturity models used to drive meaningful change, and the tools we use to assess, prioritize, and implement transformation.
We believe supply chain transformation is not a buzzword. It is a commitment. It is a disciplined process for improving capability, relevance, and impact. And it requires both courage and clarity. Our intention is to equip you with both.
Survey Results: Supply Chain Leader of Future
Supply Chain Leadership Development Priorities
While there are many important aspects of talent management, the intent of this survey was to help identify the skills necessary for the Supply Chain Leader of the Future. Specifically, the objective is to help the industry prioritize the leadership training and development opportunities. Our healthcare supply chain future depends on the collective preparedness of our incumbent leaders, emerging leaders and next generation leaders.
Respondents were asked to rate the importance of various leadership competencies and attributes, with the Supply Chain Leader of the Future in mind. Respondents were subsequently asked to rate the average proficiency level (or behavior modeling) of hospital system supply chain leaders.
Below are the results from the 2024 survey:
Collaboration Resources
Links to Books, Articles, TED Talks, and Associations In response to numerous requests related to provider-supplier collaboration, we have compiled a list of helpful resources for you.
Links to Sites, Publications, and Associations In response to numerous requests related to supply chain transformation, we have compiled a list of helpful resources for you. Hopefully this helps you stay connected to each other and better informed on trends.
What is the 10% change you are willing to make, especially if it has a 90% impact on your life?
Do you often find yourself attending conferences and seminars leaving with so many great ideas? How many of these new ideas do you really put to action? It's ok if the number is shockingly low because it happens to so many of us, despite really good intentions.
What if you could dramatically improve your IMPACT? What if you could be MORE and do LESS? Sounds impossible, right?
Download this form and put it to use to capture your top three insights from your next conference, coaching session or education session. It doesn't matter if you believe you have heard 100 powerful insights because we already know that too many insights leads to overload and inaction. Therefore, no more than three powerful insights.
For each insight, document the potential impact you could have if you put this insight to action. Finally, document the small action you will take immediately to put this insight to action. The key is to keep the action small.
I would love to hear your feedback after you put this to work for a bit.
The recipe for sales success clearly demands more sophisticated strategies and tactics. These new approaches require everyone in sales to “show up” differently, empowered by a broader and even deeper skill set. The sales leader of the future pays attention to the changing landscape, adjusts the strategies and tactics and then invests in the skills that will enable the team to succeed.
This inaugural survey summarizes the attributes, competencies and technical skills of the sales leader of the future, which represents a 360-degree perspective of industry participants. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of various leadership competencies, leadership attributes and technical skills.
Below are the results from the 2021 Survey.
Personal Development Plan (PDP)
Ready to start investing in your development and/or helping others with their development?
Studies suggest that effective leaders invest at least 8 hours per month in their own professional development. Are you dedicating at least one full day per month to your development? Maybe you are willing to invest the time, but don't know exactly where to spend the time or which skills would help you the most? Creating a personal development plan (PDP) can help to clarify your areas of focus and align development plans with your leaders for maximum impact. Below is a planning guide to help you facilitate the creation of your PDP.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Gandhi
