10 Ways to Build PARTNERSHIP

Cleaning out your office is good for the soul! There is often a rediscovery of thinking that at the time might have been more of a hunch than a conviction. When you look back with more living, working, learning and achieving, you recognize humbly that we are all given everything we need to know if we just take time to think, question and listen to what lies within. One of these moments of rediscovery came to me recently with my documented views on building a partnership. I found my original list. It was later published in my book Breakthrough!

Creating and sustaining an exceptional partnership, whether it be in business or in your personal life, is really much the same. As we watch the most powerful leaders in the world struggle with getting along and building lasting peace, I realize this same timeless knowledge applies --- it is knowledge planted in each of us. Getting along --- being good partners or good neighbors is not really so complex. It just takes mutual interest, trust and respect for others ---- and a continuous thoughtfulness about each other.

These 10 Ways to Build a Partnership today, in reflection, have taken on new meaning and a strong conviction. I share them with you.

10 Ways to Build a Partnership

1. Build a shared vision.
2. Listen to the person/organization.
3. Seek understanding; repeat what you have heard; mutually agree.
4. Understand what's important to the person/organization.
5. Share yourself honestly and openly; people/organizations want to know you.
6. Do what you say you will do. Live your commitment. Be reliable.
7. Demonstrate truth and mutual respect in all actions.
8. Re-evaluate direction regularly together.
   What's going well. What isn't. What will you do about it.
9. Deliver excellence in every contribution. It speaks for itself.
10. Always focus on what's right to do, rather than what's planned.

What would you add to this from you experience?

What else would make the list more complete?

Warm regards to all,

Debbe

Debbe Kennedy
Founder, Global Dialogue Center
www.globaldialoguecenter.com
Home of Women in the Lead

Twitter:@debbekennedy

Author...
Putting Our Differences to Work
The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership and High Performance
by Debbe Kennedy ▪ Berrett-Koehler ▪ May 2008 – Hardcover
Foreword by Joel A. Barker, futurist, filmmaker and author
Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future
www.puttingourdifferencestowork.com

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