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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>