Business is all about collaboration – 4 tips to improve

Business is all about collaboration! Coming from me, this is probably not a very surprising statement. However, some people might feel that business is about results. It might be, but […]

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Collaboration and the myth of the polder

The Dutch are people with a consensus culture. This seems to go back to the middle ages: a large portion of our country is located below sea level, the so […]

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Stronger as a team

The other night I watched a movie, the kind of action movie where the hero at one point says to his teammate “hey, let’s stick together, we are stronger as […]

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Less is more

A few weeks ago I decided to walk the Camino Portugues; from Porto in Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I had already reserved these weeks in my schedule […]

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How can you read so many books?

In response to my article with the summer reading list, one of the readers asked me the question “I wonder when do you get time to do the readings?”. Well, […]

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The power of “What if” questions

What if everything was possible, with no constraints, what choices would you make? What if summertime was meant to be a time of reflection, what would you reflect upon? What […]

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Tools to enhance your partnership success

Partnerships and alliances can bring a tremendous leverage to your company’s growth. However we also know that partnerships and alliances have the name to be difficult and many studies show […]

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Is that so? Questioning your own assumptions.

“John and Alex are working on a client project together. They are not the best of friends and they have had some tensions in the past. Nowadays, they have established […]

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How to organize the alliance function

One of the questions I received about the article “The benefits of a dedicated alliance function” was on how to organize such a dedicated alliance function. The best model, which […]

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The 2017 summer reading list

During the summer months, the business slows down a bit for many people and organizations. Therefore, these months could be an excellent time to catch up on other tasks or […]

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The benefits of a dedicated alliance function

Last week I mentioned the 80% rule of alliance success. A rule that highlights an important element for creating successful alliances: a structured alliance process. However, it is not just […]

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What is collaborative success anyway?

One of the topics that always leads to a great discussion in the Alliance Masterclasses I facilitate, is about alliance success. Especially the question “How to define if an alliance […]

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That's all!

That's all!