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Project Partnering 
Partnering is a crucial piece of running a successful project with as little discord, dissention or disruption as humanly possible. The most successful projects have, at their core, a high performing team of people who are all “pulling” in the same direction.
It is likely you have been on one or two such teams in your career. By instituting Partnering as we use it, your next, or current, project would have a better chance of being on your short list of outstanding projects.
Partnering incorporates a host of best practices for managing successful projects and systematically applies them to your project to build teamwork, alignment, commitment and productive behaviors.
A note of caution: this only works if you want it to work! The process includes creating: a new set of “norms”; goals; and a process to improve understanding and cooperation. This is best done at a location away from the distractions of the office and/or jobsite using the services of a professional facilitator and a designated Partnering Champion from each organization.
This teambuilding approach uses a focus on the project and its issues rather than non-specific team exercises. The model we use for Partnering is generic in that it is used in a variety of settings. (e.g. IT Industry, Construction Industry, strategic alliances, etc)
The benefits of partnering are primarily improved communications and collaboration. Federal Agencies that have used this have saved hundreds of millions of dollars in litigation costs by preventing disagreements in the first place. It is always a challenge to achieve success when each organization has its own set of special interests. It is often a revelation to discover how many of those interests are commonly held by all parties. Discovering this lays the foundation for true teamwork which otherwise seldom happens.
It is our belief that Partnering embodies the spirit of teamwork and should be an integral part of project management. While all the elements of partnering are found in project management, they are not often put together adequately enough to really be effective.
Get a Partnering Facilitator: We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss our partnering services with you and your executive team to ascertain how we might assist your success. Please contact:
Want to learn how to do a Partnering Workshop? Attend our Partnering Course. | 
