Thanking your corporate partners
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My American friends are getting ready for Thanksgiving. It’s a time for family and friends to gather together and be thankful for the gifts of the past year. In 1621 …
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Myth busting in corporate partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Corporate partnerships people are unique. They have special superpowers of resilience, creativity, courage, resourcefulness and emotional intelligence. But they’re not alchemists, who promised to turn lead into gold. Some of …
Stronger together
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stronger together. It’s been the mantra for 2020. Now the world is collectively exhaling at the result of the US election and hoping that unity prevails. Stronger together is about …
The truth is out there- but not where you think
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“You just need to get out there’. It’s what corporate partnership managers hear all the time from their bosses. The pressure to find new partnership opportunities. The assumption that activity …
Breaking up is hard to do
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Not every relationship goes to plan. You start with high hopes and enthusiasm but not every frog turns into a handsome prince. Sometimes they just stay warty and you’re left …
Slowing down to speed up your results
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you know me well, then you’d know that my natural tendency is to just get on with things, aka wing it. Not because I’m lazy, but I’m just trying …
Learning to speak ‘corporate’
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Winston Churchill once described Britain and the USA as ‘two nations divided by a common language’. Similarly, NFPs and corporates operate in the same community but speak their own special …
Reboot and get ready for 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If 2020 had been a computer, you would have rebooted and restored factory settings a long time ago. Too many glitches, failures and unforeseen error messages. Alas, we don’t have …
Putting partnerships at the heart of your organisation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The months of lockdown have yielded some great iso-baking results. But have you ever tried to bake something with too many cooks in the kitchen? Especially if they’ve all got …
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Time to get back to magic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Omg, I love Seth Godin. If you aren’t a subscriber, I strongly recommend that you become one. I read his short blogs religiously. I read the title a couple of …