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Results Characteristics • Derive benefits primarily<br />

from the partnering<br />

process<br />

• Focus on low-hanging<br />

fruit<br />

Challenges<br />

• Establish sound foundation<br />

to achieve results<br />

• Achieve some early successes<br />

• Data<br />

Leadership Characteristics • Convening the partnership<br />

• Strong, visible champion<br />

• Directive, passionate,<br />

respected<br />

• Entrepreneurial<br />

• Inspire participation<br />

Mission/Strategic<br />

Planning<br />

Startup Mid-Life/Developmental Mature/At Scale<br />

• Output measures<br />

• Interim outcomes<br />

• Identify adequate interim<br />

outcome measures<br />

• Obtain resources to grow<br />

to scale<br />

• Data<br />

• Leaders are facilitators/<br />

managers<br />

• Joint ownership<br />

• Empowerment<br />

Challenges • Find the champion • Leadership transition<br />

• Hand<strong>of</strong>f from convener to<br />

facilitator/manager<br />

• Implement leadership<br />

succession plan<br />

Characteristics<br />

Challenges<br />

• Compelling mission<br />

• Clear goals<br />

• Develop preliminary work<br />

plans<br />

• Clearly articulate the mission<br />

• Achieve the appropriate<br />

balance between planning<br />

and action<br />

Resources Characteristics • Business planning<br />

• Start up capital<br />

Challenges<br />

• Adequacy<br />

• Rely on single or major<br />

source <strong>of</strong> funding<br />

Communications Characteristics • Internally and funder<br />

focused<br />

• Less formal<br />

• Message more focused<br />

on the need for partnership<br />

than the results<br />

Organizational<br />

Infrastructure<br />

TABLE 10-1<br />

PHASES OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP<br />

Challenges<br />

Characteristics<br />

Challenges<br />

• Reconfirm or revisit mission<br />

• Update strategic plan<br />

• Achieve mission alignment<br />

between partnership<br />

and members<br />

• Flexibility<br />

• Redirect resources to<br />

support partnership<br />

• Stabilize the base<br />

• Grow to resources to<br />

scale<br />

• Externally focused<br />

• Institutionalize feedback<br />

mechanisms from customers<br />

• Focus on advocacy messages<br />

to grow partnership<br />

to scale<br />

• Outreach to all stakeholders<br />

feedback system<br />

• Develop an effective<br />

• Clear and consistent • Break cultural and organizational<br />

barriers<br />

message<br />

• Funding to develop materials<br />

<strong>of</strong> stakeholders<br />

• Outreach to broader set<br />

• Lack <strong>of</strong> results to report<br />

• Build relationships<br />

• Decision-making<br />

structures<br />

• Initiating systems<br />

• Build the team<br />

• Trust<br />

• Overcome different organizational<br />

cultures<br />

• Assemble the right team<br />

• Institutionalize systems<br />

• Expand infrastructure to<br />

grow to scale<br />

• Expand the infrastructure<br />

to support expansion<br />

• Terminate non-contributory<br />

partners<br />

• <strong>High</strong>-performance<br />

outcomes<br />

• Achieve outcomes<br />

without total control<br />

over intervening<br />

variables<br />

• Continuous improvement<br />

to stay<br />

effective<br />

• Leadership diffused<br />

throughout partnership<br />

• Institutionalized<br />

• Celebrate successes<br />

• Continuous improvement;<br />

"no cruise<br />

control"<br />

• Branching into new<br />

areas<br />

• Reconfirm or revisit<br />

mission<br />

• Update strategic<br />

plan<br />

• Staying relevant<br />

• Respond to<br />

changing conditions<br />

• More diverse, stable<br />

resource base<br />

• More efficient use <strong>of</strong><br />

resources<br />

• Retain efficiency<br />

• More formalized<br />

• Less frequent; more<br />

on "as needed" basis<br />

• More externally<br />

focused<br />

• Maintain investors’<br />

interest<br />

• Listen to<br />

stakeholders<br />

• Flexibility to respond<br />

to changes in the<br />

environment<br />

• Retain partners<br />

• Retrain to stay<br />

current<br />

• Competition from<br />

start up partnerships<br />

119 Powering the Future: <strong>High</strong>-<strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Partnerships</strong>

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