A Verbal Contract Is Not Worth the Paper It Is Printed On NECI clients will be familiar with this mantra, used in many of our courses and online offerings. Although it can take additional time to document agreements properly and …

From simply involving disadvantaged populations to help with aspects of service and program delivery to the public, to the complex, interrelated obligations of Social Impact Bonds, the concept of social impact investing is gaining considerable traction in Canada and globally. …

By: Maureen Sullivan, LLB, CTP NECI President, Legal Editor & Publisher Facing today’s economic and political pressures to demonstrate how they are doing more with less, procurement professionals can find themselves pushed into giving short shrift to procurement planning. In …

Larry Berglund, SCMP, MBA, FSCMA Author | Good Planets are Hard to Buy  Principal | Presentations Plus Training and Consulting Inc. Admittedly, procurement policies may not sound exciting but they are critical to drive value in any organization. Policies are the means …

No matter how hard you work or how many brilliant ideas you may have, if you can’t connect with the people who work around you, your professional life will suffer. How you are perceived by your manager and coworkers plays …

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Under pressure to produce results, senior executives in government or private-sector organizations are often seduced by the apparent speed of sole-source contracting.               In limited situations, sole-source contracts can indeed provide results. But that attitude can be dangerous, especially with …

If you hire for one skill and one skill alone, please let it be this: personal accountability. Personal accountability is the most important trait someone can bring to the job. To understand why this competency is so important, let’s examine …

by Lise Patry, ba sc (chem eng), llb, icd.d, Patry Law I recently spoke at a legal seminar on “Mastering Public Procurement,” a session organized by lawyers for lawyers. A lot of information was presented on the state of the law …

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