2013 will be an excellent year! Blog post
The New Year is just around the corner. Today is the last day of 2012 and I hope you are satisfied when looking back to the past year. With the […]
Governance Blog post
In response to the weekly newsletter one reader wrote to me last week with a question about governance. The reader had to prepare a short presentation about governance and asked […]
Cookie & privacy
As of June 2012 a new cookie law is applicable that demands website owners to explicitly receive a visitors approval to use cookies. The Simoons & Company website is only using cookies to […]
Respect Blog post
At the moment I am winding down in France and while doing so I tend to do more sports than in a normal week at home. Having switched from running […]
Shared values in an alliance Blog post
Last week IVI and Sabin Vaccine Institute announced to form a Strategic Alliance to Develop Vaccines for the World’s Poor. From many perspectives this is a nice announcement. This alliance […]
Sports and alliances Blog post
Every Sunday morning the newsletter of Sunil Bali enters my inbox. A newsletter about trust, leadership and relationships. In yesterday’s article “Duel in the Crown” Sunil describes sports coach Glen […]
Alliance Governance: (how) does it work in your alliances? Blog post
What is alliance governance In “Alliance Advantage” Alliance Governance is by Yves Doz and Gary Hamel described as: “Alliance Governance defines how an alliance is managed, how it is organized […]
When was the last time you were coached in your work? Blog post
It is interesting to see an experienced executive as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a short video explain the benefits of a coach. Early in his years as Google […]
The alliance lifecycle to enhance alliance success rate Blog post
Before we can discuss the alliance lifecycle, we need to have an understanding of what alliances are, of why to partner, of what is within the alliance spectrum and […]
Why early opt out of an alliance can be successful Blog post
Many people feel that an alliance is only successful when it delivers to its goals. I would argue that leaving an alliance early can be a matter of success. Take […]
Expanding on the definition of a strategic alliance Blog post
In a previous post I wrote down the definition of a strategic alliance as: “A strategic alliance is a strategic cooperation between two or more organizations, with the aim to […]
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