The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (2)
We continue today with more of the strategies that Tim Cook executed at Apple that helped to make him the logical heir to Steve Jobs (Part One is here). Besides…
The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (1)
I continue to absolutely thrilled and fascinated by Tim Cook’s story (something I only discovered in August). Cook, after all, is the man who went from Chief Procurement Officer to…
From CPO to CEO: A Career Path in Tim Cook’s Own Words (Part 2)
Last month, I wrote several articles focused one CPO’s rise – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s largest company.…
From CPO to CEO: A Career Path in Tim Cook’s Own Words (Part 1)
Last month, I wrote several articles focused one CPO’s rise – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s largest company.…
From CPO to CEO: How the CEO of the World’s Largest Company (Apple) Used His Procurement Background to Thrive
With the unusually high levels of traffic in what has been traditionally been our slowest month, I can tell that many others are fascinated as I am by the career…
Vision + Execution: Steve Jobs Understood Procurement’s Importance to Apple’s Success
On Monday, I introduced (or re-introduced) our readers to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., in an article entitled Think Different, which included an excerpt from the the book, Steve…
Think Different.
I was able to get away for a few days last week to a favorite destination in Vermont and have returned completely recharged and geared up for a busy and…
CPO News – January 9, 2012
While we work hard to make the articles on CPO Rising as interesting, informative, and entertaining as we possibly can (I hope we're succeeding), we also hope that the articles…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – The Many Hats of John Sorci (Part 2)
In our previous article, we introduced, "friend of the site," John Sorci, our first CPO on the Rise in 2011 with a set of duties and responsibilities that have expanded…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – The Many Hats of John Sorci (Part 1)
Welcome to week three of our series, CPOs on the Rise in 2011, that is focused on highlighting different procurement executives and the strategies and approaches they will take (and…