Creating Partnerships: Unleashing Collaborative Power in the Workplace

Creating Partnerships addresses the frustration generated by office politics, backstabbing, turf battles, and micromanagement, which contribute to declining morale and decreased productivity. The story of a federal agency that breaks out of the bureaucratic mold, transforms itself into a truly partnership organization, and has a 9-year track record of productive partnerships is told in the voices of those who made it happen. Their story is complemented with the presentation of how the Partnership Model works, how it represents a fundamentally different organizational operating system, and how it releases the latent power in a workforce that has been long constrained by traditional management practices and partisanship. This untapped Collaborative Power captures the shared power of synergy, treating conflicts as learning opportunities, and re-humanizing individuals rather than dehumanizing them. Ten Key Actions required for making the transition into a partnership organization are presented.Cynthia King is the author of 'Creating Partnerships: Unleashing Collaborative Power in the Workplace' with ISBN 9780976637707 and ISBN 0976637707.