1st Edition
Modeling and Benchmarking Supply Chain Leadership Setting the Conditions for Excellence
Setting The Foundation
What Is Leadership, and How Does It Differ from Management?
Sun Tzu on Leadership
Six Sigma Leadership
LEADERSHIP©: The Attributes of Leadership
L1: Loyalty
E+1: Ethics and Honesty
A3: Attitude, Aptitude, Accountability
D5: Determination, Dedication, Discipline, Devotion, Decisiveness
E4: Equality, Example, Expectations, Enthusiasm
R3: Respect, Responsibility, Reliability
S2: Self-Development/Employee Development, Serving Leadership
H5: Humor, Happiness, Health, Humility, Heart
I3: Integrity, Inspiration — Supply Chain Intelligence and Supply Chain Leadership Integrity
P4: Professional Pride, Planning, Passion, People
Applications
Coaching, Teaching, Mentoring
Benchmarking Leadership and Leadership Metrics
Conclusions and Final Thoughts
Appendix 1
Index
Biography
Joseph L. Walden (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) has more than thirty years of leadership and supply chain experience as a practitioner (the Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s 2004 Supply Chain Practitioner of the Year; 2003 Top 20 Logistics Executives in America), as a consultant, and as an educator at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His experience includes designing and operating the multi-million square foot distribution center in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and consulting for FORTUNE 500 companies as well as the Department of Defense.
Walden has written numerous articles for national and international lifting magazines and for national and international supply chain magazines. Walden retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel and now serves as the Executive Director for the Supply Chain Leadership Institute and the Midwest Leadership and Coaching Center. He is the Director of Education for the Warehousing Education and Research Council and an APICS Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management. He serves as an assistant professor of operations management and logistics for Webster University and a supply chain lecturer for the University of Kansas.
