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TPL Insights · Jan 1, 2019

Top 4 Supply Chain Challenges Facing Today’s Multichannel Retailers

In today’s highly competitive and ever-changing marketplace, a retailer’s survival is predicated on their ability to meet consumers’ needs in providing what they want,…

TPL Insights · Jan 1, 2019

Segway vs Dell Case Study: Protecting the Flank – A Strategy for Growth and Sustainability

After more than 30 years in technology and 20+ of those years in General Management or CEO roles I am the first to tell…

TPL Insights · Jan 1, 2019

Leadership Secrets from 100 CEOs Who Get It

Thought Leadership Series One CEO Who Definitely Gets It and What We Can All Learn from One Purpose Driven Company Chet Cadieux, Chairman &…

TPL Insights · Jan 1, 2019

6 Things to Consider When Building Effective Compensation Plans

After more than 30 years in technology I’ve seen many different compensation plans.  Some are better than others of course, but the best all…

TPL Insights · Dec 17, 2018

Ram Charan – The Board’s Responsibility in CEO Succession

December 17, 2018 Rob Andrews Paraphrased by Rob Andrews from Ram Charan’s October 2018 Harvard Business Review article. The article focuses specifically on CEO…

TPL Insights · Aug 9, 2018

The Customer Experience – Part Deux

August 09, 2018 Rob Andrews The future belongs to those who understand and harness the power of the customer experience, and the lifetime value…

Completed Searches · Apr 11, 2018

Completed Engagement – Retail Food Group – President

Retail Food Group (RFG) is a global food and beverage company, with a network of more than 2,400 outlets across nine Brand Systems spanning…

TPL Insights · May 1, 2017

Why Employee Engagement Matters

Are your employees engaged? Do you know if they are? Do you care? How relevant is employee engagement in terms of business success? In a word, VERY!  If…

TPL Insights · Feb 20, 2017

The Strategy-Execution Duality

Execution has enjoyed an impressive reputation in the last few years under the banner that any strategy is worthless if not executed.  While this…

TPL Insights · Aug 28, 2016

Today’s Challenges Facing Wholesale Distributors

The wholesale distribution industry has annual sales of approximately $7 trillion and the US wholesale distribution industry includes approximately 330,000 companies. Wholesale distributors have…

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