Patrícia Chambel, DHL Express Portugal: “When every team does it ‘their own way’, something needs to be fixed”
Patrícia Chambel from DHL Express Portugal discusses the need for standardisation when teams operate inconsistently.

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Patrícia Chambel from DHL Express Portugal discusses the need for standardisation when teams operate inconsistently.

The ERP Summit event comes to Portugal, focusing on the intersection of technology and corporate management.

In a business context marked by technological disruption, geopolitical instability, and increasing competitive pressure, leadership has ceased to be merely a management function and has established itself as a determining factor for organizational adaptability. The question is no longer just who leads, but how one leads. In Portugal, too, executives have demonstrated...

For a company to grow, it needs to attract customers and close deals. In theory, the formula is simple. However, the coordination between the departments responsible for this mission — Marketing and Sales — has been one of the greatest management challenges, with teams often operating in silos and evaluating...

The use of AI tools in daily work is causing anxiety, and bosses are no exception. Many fear losing control and power over their teams, but they must reinvent themselves.

The chairman of CGD wants to extend the mechanism that evaluates the competence and suitability of managers to listed companies and the state business sector. Politicians would be excluded from the process.

Pedro Fontes Falcão, director of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (IPCG), and António Gomes Mota, a member of the institute's board, are launching the “Corporate Governance Manual – A Business Approach” this Monday, which they co-authored. The goal is to provide a global view of what corporate governance is and how it...

A well-protected company is prepared to compete for new contracts and grow. A poorly protected company lives in a state of permanent vulnerability.

A commercial management model that relies almost exclusively on Excel and email is a common scenario in many companies, whether they are insurance brokers or not. The good news is you can move quickly to a more structured way of managing, using a phased approach and without trying to “change everything” at once.
