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For the first time since 2014, when the AWESOME Legendary Leadership (ALL) Award was created, the award presentation will take place at an ALL Award Luncheon, which will be held on October 7 from 11:30 to 2:30 pm at the University Club of Chicago. The 2021 honorees areLillian Dukes Lillian Dukes, SVP Technical Operations, Atlas Air Worldwide, and Jamie Rhee, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation. Continue reading

Storytelling has become an important leadership skill for many business situations. AWESOME presented a Transformative Panel on “Using Stories to Drive Change, Engage Your Team and Succeed” to help leaders develop, improve, and apply their storytelling abilities.
The discussion led by Irene Birbeck, a partner with Clarkston Consulting who, in addition to specializing in the implementation and optimization of complex,… Continue reading

By Jessica Larson, SolopreneurJournal.com
There’s no question the pandemic has taken an outsize toll on working women. As of February, while 1.8 million men ages 20 and older had left the labor force since the beginning of the pandemic, 2.3 million women had done the same.… Continue reading

Michelle Livingstone, who served as Vice President for Transportation for The Home Depot for more than 13 years, has announced she’s leaving that position and moving into a new phase she calls “rewirement.” In her VP role, Michelle and her team were responsible for the movement of shipments into and within The Home Depot‘s multi-channel supply chain,… Continue reading

AWESOME LIGHTNING Rounds and other discussions have followed the dilemmas associated with creating the “next” workplace. Do we put our teams back in the office? Or continue to work remotely? Or create a hybrid? Continue reading

It was no surprise to AWESOME that Ashley Servais, a 2020 AWESOME Scholar who is soon to graduate from the Neeley School of Business at TCU, was chosen by Poets & Quants, a high-profile publication for undergrads, as one of the 2021 Best & Brightest Business Majors. She has had an outstanding collegiate career and, after graduation, will begin a position with Dell Technologies in their Supply Chain Development Program. In honor of Ashley’s selection, we decided to explore her “roots.” We learned that both parents are supply chain professionals. What led Ashley to choose supply chain and excel in it? We talked with Ashley and her mom, Donna (Lao) Servais, Sr. Director, Transportation, International Operations at Office Depot. Continue reading

Leaders who participated in two recent AWESOME events brought their own experiences and insights to a discussion facilitated by Deloitte. The March 17th Cross-Industry Collaboration focused on 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 and the March 19th 𝘓𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 Round addressed 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝑬𝑿𝑻 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. Continue reading

David Copeland has joined the AWESOME leadership team as Chief Financial Officer, and Malia Beal, who has provided leadership for a range of AWESOME initiatives since early 2020, has joined the team as Vice President of Strategic Platforms. Continue reading

At an AWESOME/Gartner Strategic Partnership Session on Tuesday, February 9, a panel of executives who have first-hand experience with leading major change and being champions of diversity and inclusion in their organizations talked about what works and what doesn’t. Continue reading

The AWESOME Transformative Leadership Panel held on January 21 featured leaders from top companies providing supply chain services, who described 2020 as a year when everything changed and opened new possibilities for their companies and their customers in 2021. Continue reading