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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER<br />
chapter thirteen<br />
performance-based partnership provides the framework for focusing on the commitment<br />
<strong>of</strong> key players and organizing their work. A partnership builds its capacity to be<br />
A<br />
successful by assembling essential components identified in the design labs: a clear mission<br />
and strategic plan; adequate, well coordinated resources; effective internal and external<br />
communications; and a sound infrastructure for organizing investors and other stakeholders.<br />
At the same time, success can be realized only<br />
through effective leadership. Leadership is the<br />
spark that melds these building blocks into a<br />
dynamic, functional venture. It overcomes the<br />
challenges articulated in this report and turns<br />
the capacity for success into tangible results.<br />
Leaders must have the tools with which to work:<br />
resources, mission, work plans, partners, and a<br />
compelling message. But the champions bring<br />
the tools together and infuse them with life.<br />
<strong>Partnerships</strong> are hard work. <strong>High</strong>-performance<br />
partnerships are extraordinarily so. Not<br />
every situation requires the combined energies<br />
<strong>of</strong> multiple sectors—public, nonpr<strong>of</strong>it, civic, or<br />
business. Some issues can be solved by a single<br />
sector alone or by a cross-sector relationship<br />
that is not performance based. Before leaping<br />
into a partnership, parties should be sure that<br />
the projected benefits are worth their time and<br />
energy. <strong>Partnerships</strong> can be expensive.<br />
FIGURE 13-1<br />
COMPONENTS OF A HIGH-<br />
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP<br />
Results<br />
Communications<br />
Mission/<br />
Planning<br />
LEADERSHIP<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Resources<br />
Source: Connie Bawcum and Camille Barnett<br />
134 Powering the Future: <strong>High</strong>-<strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Partnerships</strong>