Partnership

By appraising your organisation’s teamwork you will identify the root causes of staff dissent and confusion, customer complaints, fire-fighting, wasted activities, difficulty maintaining productive external relationships, customer drift and difficulty in penetrating markets.

By comparing your Profile teamwork appraisals you will identify the strengths and weaknesses of the respective partnering competencies and cultural compatibilities of two organisations. You can then carry out partnership building activities internally and jointly, giving you a more reliable partner selection, a shorter bedding down period, stronger foundations and greater confidence and trust in your partner’s capabilities and ability to deliver.

What is PartnerLink Profile?

PartnerLink Profile is 2 powerful tools for improving the ability of firms to collaborate

Partnering Potential – summarises the distinctive features or characteristics that define the partnering potential of one or more companies

Partnering Compatibility – a more comprehensive view of the capability of organisations to operate efficiently and effectively in harmonious integration with others

When is PartnerLink Profile Used?

Before committing to a long term collaborative relationship it will ensure you select the right partner

Prior to entering an alliance it will show an organisation how its whole operation is able to successfully mesh with a partner’s

When two organisations are at the start of a collaborative relationship it will show them what they need to do to improve their ability to work smoothly together

Where an organisation in a collaborative relationship is experiencing problems it will identify the key internal issues show how they should be remedied prior to facing their partner

What are the Benefits of PartnerLink Profile

Treat collaborative capability as a strategic resource and gain financial, efficiency and competitive advantages

A partnering due diligence technique which addresses areas that other pre-partnering activities do not.

Gives organisations the knowledge to become ideal partners

Changes perceptions of the partners’ views of each other and strengthens the bond between them

Increases transparency and trust and improves operational effectiveness

Builds stronger commitment and focus on practical improvement initiatives

Before we can collaborate effectively with our partner and main customer, we need to improve our chains of responsibility and communication

Commercial Director, Metronet Rai SSL