Supply Chain Management versus Impression Management

06. September 2022

C-Level leaders are more and more reliant on Supply Chain Managers becauseโ€ฆ
โ‡จ they have the ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ
โ‡จ they address the ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ
โ‡จ they are ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž
โ‡จ they have the ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐
โ‡จ they are striving towards ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

However, what happens if the C-Level leadersโ€ฆ
โ‡จ do not want to hear the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก?
โ‡จ feel ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž when issues are getting transparent?
โ‡จ want to protect their ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ?
โ‡จ are focused on short term ๐›๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ targets and ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ambitions?
โ‡จ have ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ on organisational capabilities?

In such a situation, โ€œ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€ may be tempted to ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ โ€œ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€.

That may be a good move for the career advancement, but โ€œImpression Managementโ€ is an indication of a ๐›๐š๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž with detrimental effects on general team engagement and organisational performance.

Now, how should this dilemma best be addressed?

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ) is a structured approach to enable a culture where each employee is focused around the ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, not โ€œimpressingโ€ senior leaders, other departments, and colleagues for personal or departmental reasons. We leverage the Integrated Business Planning (๐ˆ๐๐) process or any cross-functional ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž to nurture team engagement and to boost organisational performance.

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