partnership / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam You know your workplace partnership is truly unselfish if you feel genuine satisfaction at each other's success, if you and your partner will risk a lot for each other, and if your collaborator is "like a brother or sister" to you. /businessjournal/126059/Pinnacle-Partnership-Unselfishness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/126059/Pinnacle-Partnership-Unselfishness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT Most collaborators, even many of the best, do not realize the role communication plays in creating a powerful partnership. Every time two counterparts talk, their relationship is altered. What goes on beneath the surface is more important than the information exchanged. /businessjournal/125291/Collaborating-Means-Communicating.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/125291/Collaborating-Means-Communicating.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:15:00 GMT In a good collaboration, partners make statements like "two heads are better than one." In a bad one, they make comments such as "I'd have been better off working by myself" or "I wish I'd never even met him." Here's how collaborators can forgive and (hopefully) forget. /businessjournal/124766/Healing-Rift-Partnership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/124766/Healing-Rift-Partnership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT In effective partnerships, collaborators focus on each other's strengths, not weaknesses; accept each other as they are; and are understanding of one another's mistakes. This is all easier said than done, of course, note the authors of the new book Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life. /businessjournal/124523/Challenge-Collaborators-Acceptance.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/124523/Challenge-Collaborators-Acceptance.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT In a good collaboration, 58% of partners strongly agree that they trust each other. Trust is indeed essential in partnerships, as every partner needs to be able to depend on his counterpart for the collaboration to achieve excellence, say the authors of Power of 2. /businessjournal/123881/Whom-Trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/123881/Whom-Trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT Your partnership won't succeed unless both of you believe it is fair, say the authors of the new book Power of 2. Even if you have no formal authority over the pay, promotion, or recognition of your collaborator, you should make sure he feels good about the arrangement. /businessjournal/122837/No-Fair.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/122837/No-Fair.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT Although a shared mission is essential, maybe even obvious, the lack of this basic concurrence is where many pairs fail. Only one in four people in poor partnerships agree they have a common goal or purpose with the other person, write the authors of Power of 2. /businessjournal/122639/Partnership-Foundation-Common-Mission.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/122639/Partnership-Foundation-Common-Mission.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:00 GMT You are built for collaborating and for forming productive and meaningful partnerships. You actually acquired this trait from your ancestors. But chances are, you're not making the most of your many opportunities to partner more effectively at work. /businessjournal/111826/Power-Two.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/111826/Power-Two.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT So Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his VP nominee, and John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Big deal. Why should executives care? Well, studying these tickets (and others) reveals many do's and don'ts for your own business partnerships. /businessjournal/110998/Who-Needs-Palin-Biden.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /businessjournal/110998/Who-Needs-Palin-Biden.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT