APICS District Meeting: Leadership in Difficult Times

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APICS District MeetingLeadership in Difficult
Times

• Alan D. Landry

Advancing Productivity, Innovation and
Competitive Success
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Difficult Times?
Change in Army Strategy In Afghanistan
Bank Failures
Cultural/Socioeconomic Fault Lines
NK Rocket Launches
Thai Protests
Global Demographics
Technological Advances
Somali Pirates
H1N1 Flu
Global Economic Crisis
Environmental Crisis
Pakistan Instability
Chrysler/GM Bankruptcy
Regional Instability
Political Climate
Mexican Drug Wars
Iranian Nuclear Capability
Change of Mission In Iraq
The Only Constant Today is Change
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APICS Core Values

• Trust
• Make Data-Driven Decisions
• Focus on Innovation
• Demonstrate Teamwork
• Personally Meaningful
• Focus on Customer Satisfaction
• Accountability

Leadership
Resources.Processes.Values
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Why is Leadership Important?

• Surviving in the current environment
• Taking care of our people and our customers
• Innovating our future
• Remaining competitive
• Addressing our strategic challenges

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Heroic (Extraordinary) Leadership
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Ordinary Leadership

• Basic accountability
• Difficult conversations
• Enforcing standards
• Building team
• Making the time for what matters most
• Doing the right thing (for the right reason)
• Creating win-win situations
• Running to the sound of the gun fire
• Setting an example that inspires and motivates

Leadership is not about what we do when things
are going well
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Uncommon Tools for Common Leadership

• Courage to stand up and do the right thing
  regardless of consequences
• Ability to inspire in the face of challenge
• Strength to make the hard calls
• Wisdom to see the goodness in everyone (Gifts
  Differing)
• Drive to step out of your comfort zone and demand
  the same in others
• Respect for what it is that you do not know
• Grace to underwrite honest mistakes in yourself
  and others
• Understanding that tactical actions can cause
  strategic effects

Mission Assurance for Leadership
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Why This Matters
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An Updateand more Uncommon Leadership
They Deserve The Finest Mission Assurance We Can
Provide