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FIGURE 13-2<br />

ROWING TOGETHER FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE<br />

PARTNERSHIP<br />

LEADERSHIP<br />

STAKEHOLDERS<br />

STOCKHOLDERS<br />

INVESTORS<br />

STAKEHOLDERS<br />

INVESTORS<br />

MISSION/PLANNING<br />

RESOURCES<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

HIGH-<br />

PERFORMANCE<br />

PARTNERSHIP<br />

Furthermore, a community may not be ready<br />

for a partnership. A lack <strong>of</strong> trust and common<br />

purpose may preclude sharing resources,<br />

responsibilities, and accountability. If the timing<br />

or environment is not right, success is<br />

unlikely. The Wilder Foundation has developed<br />

a tool, the “Collaboration Factors<br />

Inventory,” that assists organizations and communities<br />

in assessing their readiness to undertake<br />

a partnership. 7<br />

Nonetheless, when all the elements are in place<br />

and leadership emerges to unite them, crosssector<br />

partnerships can generate a synergy that<br />

generates extraordinary results for direct beneficiaries<br />

and the community at large. <strong>High</strong>performance<br />

cross-sector partnerships can<br />

provide a solution when no other approach<br />

has worked.<br />

This report has described this model and identified<br />

challenges to creating a successful one.<br />

To simplify a rather complex endeavor, the<br />

brief checklist in Table 13-1 lists the essential<br />

elements for a high-performance partnership<br />

and the investments that add significantly to<br />

the likelihood <strong>of</strong> success.<br />

The high-performance partnership can power<br />

the future. As a model for doing the community’s<br />

business, it marries the advantages <strong>of</strong><br />

collaboration and performance. It makes an<br />

extraordinarily positive difference for communities<br />

and people.<br />

7. Mattessich, P, Marta Murray-Close, and Barbara R. Monsey, Collaboration: What Makes It Work. 2nd Edition. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2001.<br />

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

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