I believe strongly in partnerships and their ability to provide everyone with meaning and success in their lives. I believe that partnerships make better products, better relationships, and better results for customers, suppliers, companies, and all their stakeholders. I haven’t always felt this way. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe in partnerships but that I simply never thought about them. Then I took an executive position in a middle-market company and everything changed.
Before I held that position, I was a consultant in a Big 8 (at the time) consulting firm and, later, a partner at a local firm. We specialized in IT system selection, World Class Manufacturing, business process improvement, and productivity improvement. I never ...
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