Why can’t David partner with Goliath? Blog post
You have probably heard of the story of David and Goliath: the small boy David who defeats the giant Goliath. He does so not with brute force, but with a […]
The mirror of your collaborative success Blog post
How often do you look into the mirror? Every person looks at least multiple times a day in the mirror. We check our hair, our clothing, our make-up, our beard, […]
Who is the Uber of your industry? Blog post
During a lunch conversation with an alliance executive of a large corporation, we brainstormed in the broadest sense about strategic options and the question “what should your company do yourself, […]
Collaboration: I vs. You and We Blog post
Last week I listened to an interview with Ron Wallace about his book “Leadership lessons from a UPS driver”, with the subtitle “delivering a culture of we, not me.” Like […]
Practice makes perfect Blog post
Last week I had a conversation with my son Laurens about the differences and similarities between sports coaching and executive coaching. Laurens started to coach the women eight competition team […]
Your Personal Investment in Business Collaborations Blog post
How personal are your business collaborations? In this question it might seem that the words ‘personal’ and ‘business’ contradict each other. After all, business collaborations are always between businesses, or […]
Unintended offending communication Blog post
Last week I wrote about “Effective leadership behaviors” and made the parallel with the leadership behavior in the UK with regards to the Brexit development. In my newsletters and workshops, […]
Effective leadership behaviors Blog post
Over the past ten days, the news has been dominated by the Brexit developments. Whatever the outcome will be, we are witnessing a significant event in history. Countries might have […]
We don’t need a contract, we need trust Blog post
Can you have a successful collaboration without trust? I mean any collaboration: with another company, with a colleague, inside a team, with your boss or with your subordinates. Can these […]
All you need to know for your strategic alliances Blog post
April 5, 2016 Alliance Workshop in Amsterdam Back in 2000, I learned the hard way how a partnership should not be created. A lot of the things I now know […]
How to set clear expectations in a collaboration Blog post
Collaboration is a strange thing. Most of us realize that it is important, yet many people feel that collaboration is a natural thing and that it is something we just […]
CBP-69: Alliances as a force multiplier – with Suniel Mande Blog post
https://media.blubrry.com/collabbiz/www.petersimoons.com/cbp/CBP69.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSuniel Mande is the head of Global Alliances and Partnerships at Indus Software Technologies. Founded in 1989 Indus is an enterprise software product development […]
