{"id":2442,"date":"2008-03-05T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/03\/05\/leadership-questions\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:05:41","slug":"leadership-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/leadership-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Pittsburgh purchasing and supply management guru, Robert Rudzki, has posted a couple of interesting blurbs on leadership over on his blog. He is seeking opinions on whether the top US presidential candidates are leaders, managers, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>To share your opinion, go to his post from yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a little embarrassed that I haven\u2019t kept as close an eye on the presidential bids so far (there is a downside to leading an organization that\u2019s been doubling in size every year for the past several years, but I\u2019ll gladly accept that). So I won\u2019t be responding. 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