Learning, Leadership & Reflection - Paul Alexander, Regional Head of Indirect Procurement EMEA at BP

1. Learning, Leadership & Reflection
All Hands Meeting
Team Meeting
June 2015

2. Indirect Procurement.
BP Indirect Procurement
Organisational Learning In Our Souls

3. Indirect Procurement.
Learning In Action
Black Bear Lessons

4. Indirect Procurement.
Error, Mistake & Consequence
Success Has Many Fathers

5. Indirect Procurement.
Reflection
Perhaps Life Could Be Different?

6. Indirect Procurement.
The Academics Say
Extensive Research Tells Us
• Ability to inspire is key.
• We can readily improve at what we are already good at
• The halo can be positive or negative (It will not be both).
• Leadership can grow through ambiguity.

7. Indirect Procurement.
Here Comes The Band
Still searching for their first record contract

8. Indirect Procurement.
Non Business Leadership?
Realism, Pragmatism & High Endeavour

9. Indirect Procurement.
Reporting
Never Knowingly Undersold
“No news is no news”
“Good news is bad news”
“Bad news is good news”

10. Indirect Procurement.
What’s To Do?
A few thoughts on driving professional maturity
• Be realistic. Success is rarely absolute.
• Put yourself in unfamiliar
• Lead in a voluntary organisation
• Listen to the quietest voice in the room
• Speak up