What is the best moment to design your governance model?

Like alliances and alliance management, the term governance is also a broadly used term that can mean many things to many people. In “Alliance Advantage”* Yves Doz and Gary Hamel […]

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The power of “WE” in your team

It must have been around 12 years ago: in those days I used to travel a lot and whenever I had spare time at an airport, I was either browsing […]

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What is an alliance manager?

You might be wondering, what exactly is an alliance manager? Sometimes it is very clear what a term or job role means. When it comes to roles such as purchaser […]

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What comes first: the relationship or the deal?

Last week I talked with a colleague about our experiences in how companies deal with alliances and other kinds of business collaborations. We noticed that many senior people treat alliances […]

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Who is on your team?

Recently I wrote about how collaboration is all about you and about four elements of a collaborative mindset. Those articles show that you have an important role in a collaboration […]

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How to fix a broken collaboration

That moment when we stand for the altar and say “yes” to each other, everything is all rosy. We’re all raised with the fairy tales that end with “… and […]

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Constructive feedback, does it exist?

Feedback is an interesting term. When you Google it, one of the first hits is from Wikipedia, which says: “Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as […]

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The fixed mindset and why collaboration is not about a deal

A business collaboration like alliances, partnerships, joint ventures and even teamwork, is an effort where two or more parties work together to achieve a goal. Preferably, that is a goal […]

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What unexpected lessons the Camino has for you

“You can leave the Camino, but the Camino will never leave you.” When I returned from my first Camino to Santiago de Compostela back in 2013, I never really thought […]

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Pro-actively involving your c-suite as executive sponsor

The c-level executives in your organization have an essential role in the success of business collaborations with other organizations. Ideally, you have one of your c-suite executives as a committed […]

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How to make 2017 your best collaborative year yet

A new year, new opportunities. Many counters have been reset and you are on a journey to create another successful year with your collaborations. Like I mentioned last week, the […]

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The roadmap to your 2017 success

2017, a New Year. The first days of a year are often the days that many people have all kind of New Year’s resolutions and maybe even big plans for […]

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That's all!

That's all!