{"id":3334,"date":"2014-08-01T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2014\/08\/01\/teambuilding-through-storytelling\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T02:17:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:17:53","slug":"teambuilding-through-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/teambuilding-through-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Teambuilding Through Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often times, procurement professionals are the real \u201cunsung heroes\u201d in their organization.\u00a0 They work in the trenches, get banged up and abused (literally), are only noticed when mistakes are made, and receive little glory for their crucial contributions to the organization.\u00a0 While leadership (aka the Quarterback) receives all the accolades, the men and women in the trenches nurse their wounds to prepare for another round of battle in relative obscurity. (<a href=\"https:\/\/gceaf.org\/order-tramadol-hydrochloride-50mg-online\/\">gceaf.org<\/a>) \u00a0 Yet, the procurement team is the glue that holds the organization together!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload alignright wp-image-1471\" alt=\"craig-wolfley-headshot\" width=\"184\" height=\"277\" \/>Thus, it is quite appropriate that our one of the 2014 NLPA Conference\u2019s keynote speakers is a man who readily identifies with all of these same traits.\u00a0 For 12 years Craig Wolfley played Offensive Line for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings and readily identifies with the importance of being a supporting player within an organization.<\/p>\n<p>Promising to be one of the highlights of the 2014 Next Level Purchasing Association Conference, \u201cWhere Procurement MVPs are Made!\u201d, Mr. Wolfley\u2019s presentation <em>Teambuilding Through Storytelling<\/em> promises to be a humorous and inspirational journey providing insight as to how procurement can learn from the realm of professional athletics in developing stronger, more successful teams.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar with Mr. Wolfley, you will be delighted with his often times self-deprecating sense of humor and his ability to tie stories of his life as a professional athlete to modern business practices.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is time for you to get off the sidelines and join us for the\u00a02014 Next Level Purchasing Association Conference, \u201cWhere Procurement MVPs are Made!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often times, procurement professionals are the real \u201cunsung heroes\u201d in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - 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