Mar
12
2015
Partnering for success: seven success factors
Whether it’s working in a partnership or being part of a local strategic partnership - partnering is everywhere these days. Our management trainer, Howard Exton-Smith, shares his seven success factors to make partnerships work (with acknowledgement to the World Economic Forum):
- Openness, transparency and clear communication to build trust and mutual understanding
- Clarity of roles, responsibilities, goals and ‘ground rules’
- Commitment of core organisational competencies
- Application of the same professional rigour and discipline focused on achieving targets and deliverables that would be applied to governing, managing and evaluating other types of business alliances
- Respect for differences in approach, competence, timeframes and objectives of different partners
- Focus on achieving mutual benefit in a manner that enables the partners to meet their own objectives as well as common goals
- Understanding the needs of local partners and beneficiaries, with a focus on building their own capacity and capability rather than creating dependence
We have a one-day Partnering for success training course if you would like to know more about creating successful partnerships. This course investigates potential ‘relationship problems’ and how to deal with these so you can get the most out of collaborative working. Read our full course outline or call us on 020 7490 3030 for more information.
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