5…For Your Friday 12/16/16

Boungiorno,

Greeting of the day in Italian in honor of Italy’s Parliament approving a new government under Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

Manifesto on Culture, Quality, Leadership, Customer Service…

Fortune does a nice job of explaining what makes Costco, Costco.  Many of us work with folks from Costco on a daily basis.  Hopefully, this sheds some light on the environment in which they operate.

http://fortune.com/costco-wholesale-shopping/

A Supply Chain Consulting Firm is becoming a 4PL:

It’s always good to know what kind of consolidation, partnering, and maneuvering is going on in our industry.

http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20161212-in-unusual-move-supply-chain-consultant-forms-logistics-company-stocks-it-with-big-names/

The Other Person is Always Right!

You have to understand these tenants in order to ever hope to be an effective communicator.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/12/the-other-person-is-always-right.html

Ted Talk worth watching:

Simon Sinek has written many books on topics that are near and dear to my heart.  A thought leader friend of mine recently reminded me of this video and I thought you all might enjoy it.

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe

Quote, that made me rethink my attitude. 

“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole.  If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.”

– fictional character Raylan Givens from the TV Series Justified.

 

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