Partner Assessment (or will you just make it work?)

In a conversation with an alliance executive from a pharma company recently, the exec said to me “We don’t do partner assessment, we’ll just make it work”. His motivation for […]

Read on

Alliance Management is not Rocket Science

In our Alliance Masterclasses we like to keep it very practical, in the sense that what we discuss in class can directly be applied to a participant’s situation. In between […]

Read on

The Most Critical Factor

The Most Critical Factor for the Success of an Alliance At the start of the 21st century, I received a phone call from my partner.  He and I were working […]

Read on

When are You Due for Your Next Health Check?

When I visited my general practitioner, I thought I was going in for my annual health check and my doctor mentioned that it had been a long while since I  […]

Read on

What Does The Future Hold For You?

Chriet Titulaer was a visionary Dutch thinker. In the 1970s and 1980s he was involved with Dutch radio and television presenting programmes about science and technology. In the 1990s he […]

Read on

How the Cold Helped Me Move into the Growth Zone

“Sit down, hands on your thighs and breathe”, those were the final instructions I received and then I sat down and relaxed. Well, I tried to relax. Earlier that freezing […]

Read on

Measure Alliance Performance

Tip 25: Measure Alliance Performance on Leading Indicators Once you’ve got your alliance or partnership formed and running, how then do you determine if your endeavor is headed towards success […]

Read on

How to Build Trust in a Remote Environment

Trust is one of the cornerstones in successful alliances and partnerships. We build trust in many ways, for instance, we observe people’s behaviour and unconsciously it helps us to answer […]

Read on

Measure and Evaluate Alliance Performance

Tip 24: Measure and Evaluate Alliance Performance An airplane is off its course most of the time. Wind, turbulence and air traffic are all factors why an airplane can’t fly […]

Read on

David and Goliath Relationships

Imagine you are walking into a showroom to buy a product. Not just a product, but one you really need to keep your business running. You have some extensive conversations […]

Read on

All Stakeholders on Board at Alliance Launch

Tip 23: Make Sure All Stakeholders Are on Board at Alliance Launch What describes a good start of an alliance? That question is one I often ask in my workshops, […]

Read on

The World is in Transformation

The world we live in is in transformation and the Covid pandemic has turned it upside down! Supply chains have become a logistical nightmare, containers appear to be on the […]

Read on

That's all!

That's all!