Alliances may look good on paper, but most are difficult to manage. They work best when all parties agree on and work together to implement a common strategy to achieve business objectives. Hidden expectations about operational issues can lead to conflicts. How do you know you have the right partner? How do you plan for Success?
Senior & Top Management Level
Leadership for Post-Merger and Acquisition Integration
Your job is to make sure a merger or acquisition delivers its promised value by ensuring a smooth integration of processes, structures and culture. Read more
Evaluating Strategic Alliances and Partnership success
What are your strategic alliance performance criteria? There is no doubt that forging strategic alliances is a key strategy for growing your business. But can you demonstrate the positive impact that these partnerships have on the organization? Read more
Launching and Managing Strategic Alliances and Partnerships
“Partnership” is an over-used word in management circles. Yet that’s just what a healthy strategic alliance needs to be. It is important to understand the key drivers of success. What is the role of trust? How much time should you spend on clarifying responsibilities, revenue-sharing agreements and processes for addressing conflicts? This workshop will help you set up the alliance, manage the collaboration and implement a common strategy to achieve your business objectives. Read more
Mid-Career Management Level
Managing Outsourcing
You will learn about the issues surrounding the management of vendors, sub-contractors, distributors, and both internally and externally outsourced activities that are all vital to the success of your business unit or department. You will learn how to set up workable arrangements that satisfy the need for high service levels at an acceptable cost. Read more
Managing Strategic Alliances and Partnerships
Alliances and partnerships may make strategic sense and look good on paper, but most are notoriously difficult to manage. This workshop will help you set up the alliance or partnership and manage the collaboration and implementation of a common strategy to achieve your business objectives. Read more