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Alliances can get you further than working alone -- if you form them right
May 20, 2010
Partners at work get more done, are more successful, and have a better time than solo players do plugging along in isolation, according to the authors of Power of 2. In this interview, they reveal what makes a great partnership click.
The best workplace partnerships have eight specific characteristics, according to the authors of Power of 2. In this interview, they highlight three of those characteristics -- complementary strengths, fairness, a common mission -- and how they made their own collaboration work.
You know your workplace partnership is truly unselfish if you feel genuine satisfaction at each other's success, if you and your partner will risk a lot for each other, and if your collaborator is "like a brother or sister" to you.
Most collaborators, even many of the best, do not realize the role communication plays in creating a powerful partnership. Every time two counterparts talk, their relationship is altered. What goes on beneath the surface is more important than the information exchanged.
