In this episode of “Contingent Workforce Radio,” Erika Novak, VP of executive management at Beeline, talks with Michael Beckwith, category manager for staff augmentation at Xcel Energy, a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company.

Michael has worked in the staffing and contingent labor industry for over a decade. In the podcast, he talks about how to develop and nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen your contingent workforce program.

Topics Erika and Michael discuss include:

• Why you should work to understand your suppliers’ and MSPs’ goals, not just your own
• How a “growth mindset” can help you quantify and qualify the health of your relationships
• What happens when you dedicate more of your time to your highest volume stakeholders and highest volume suppliers