BARRIERS TO SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS

Limited vision/failure to inspire

One partner manipulates or dominates, or partners compete for the
lead
Lack of clear purpose and inconsistent level of understanding purpose

Lack of understanding roles/responsibilities

Lack of support from partner organizations with ultimate decisionmaking power
Differences of philosophies and manners of working
Lack of commitment;
Unwilling participants
Unequal and/or unacceptable balance of power and control
Key interests and/or people missing from the partnership
Hidden agendas
Failure to communicate
Lack of evaluation or monitoring systems
Financial and time commitments outweigh potential benefits
Too little time for effective consultation
Tips to Build Mutual Effective Relationships

Increase Talk Time- Apart from work related reviews, establish communication
discussions on a regular basis
Celebrate Quick wins-Dont wait for the year end or a big event, small
successes, efforts can be celebrated
Establish How can we work better together talks
Get more info about vendors/partners/team-members experience to
understand patterns of strengths
Establish shared goals (and shared risks):It's very important to identify
goals that all partners in a collaboration consider a mark of success. The reasons
for completing such goals may differ between partners, but it's clearly important
that partners have a vested interest in completing them

Walk the Talk-Be responsible for your share of the work, risks, successes,
failures
Establish a sense of camaraderie- we swim and sink together