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    Partnership: Redefined
    Partnership: Redefined
    Partnership: Redefined
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    Partnership: Redefined

    By Dennis Cheesebrow

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    After working with several organizations that were facing similar challenges over the years, it became clear to us at Teamworks International that we should share what we have been observing. Read how operating in Partnership unleashes the latent creativity and ownership that remains largely untapped in most organizations and how a partnership-based approach can reduce stress while increasing performance.

    Insights include processes, known as FrameWorks, developed by author Dennis Cheesebrow to address issues of authority and power, provide structure to critical conversations, decision making processes, resource allocation, and many more leadership challenges.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDennis Cheesebrow
    Release dateJun 11, 2012
    ISBN9780985655013
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      Partnership - Dennis Cheesebrow

      Partnership: Redefined

      Leadership Through the Power of &

      Dennis Cheesebrow

      Copyright © 2012 by Bogman Publishing, LLC .

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing, 2012

      ISBN: 978-0-9856550-0-6

      property of Bogman Publishing, LLC

      Dennis Cheesebrow, TeamWorks International Inc. 7037 20th Ave. S. Centerville, MN 55038

      www.partnershipredefined.com

      Dedicated to

      Bonnie

      One true Partnering soul, spirit, and sage with whom I have learned, loved, and lived real partnership; my deepest gratitude, amazement and love.

      Foreword

      A book about partnership requires a myriad of good and talented people who have supported, challenged, affirmed, and even doubted, at times, the approach and stretch that partnership asks of individuals and organizations. This stretching has also been a source of development and support for me as well over the years. I am deeply grateful for my mentors and supporters along the way.

      Mentors and teachers from whom I have learned so much:

      Bob Collopy, John Flannigan, Kathleen Joyce, Virginia Pierce, Mirja Hanson, Duncan Toll, Jim Lundholm-Eades, Fr.Kevin McDonough, Marcia Hyatt, Ginny Belden-Charles, Sr. Fran Donnelly, John Cherek, Tim Cheesebrow, John Cheesebrow, Paul Cheesebrow

      Respected colleagues who provided feedback, challenge, and support :

      Ric Dressen, Karen Orcut, Christine Wroblewski, Jennifer York-Barr, Jim Lundholm-Eades , Rick Spicuzza, Larry Leverett, Marcia Hyatt, Glenda Eoyang, Dan Hoverman, Chace Anderson, Colin Sokolowski, Jay Haugen, Jeff Ronneberg, Ginny Belden-Charles

      The Team at TeamWorks International

      Julie, Bonnie, Rich, Matt, Tim, and Connie

      This is a book about partnership, redefined as a capacity of human organizations and not limited to individuals or to managers. This is a book with real tools that work, honed for over two decades in a wide variety of organizations and settings across diverse markets and organizations: public and private education, human services providers, faith-based institutions and dioceses, parishes, congregations and churches, city, county and state government agencies, nonprofit organizations, small businesses and corporations.

      Partnership: Redefined is designed for use by everyone in an organization. However, it is written in language and with examples that speak more directly to those who manage and lead. Partnership requires an intentional choice by those who lead an organization to develop the culture and practices of partnership. Partnership has to provide mission-level and operational benefits to organizations and individuals that are demonstrable, make sense, and feel right. For most leaders I have worked with, partnership capacity development is a strategic choice to accomplish mission, vision, and performance targets.

      Partnership: Redefined may be, for some, a challenge to current models of leadership. Many of these models are rich in story and offer compelling language about leadership, but the focus is the individual. In Partnership: Redefined, leadership is defined as a capacity and action of all, and management is a capacity and action of those with delegated authority to do so. Thus leadership is a true shared capacity rather than the reserved capacity of management.

      The resulting philosophy is Partner When WE Should & Manage When I Must.

      In addition, I provide tools and processes for this shared leadership capacity called partnership. These tools and processes are called FrameWorks™ and you will hear real stories about real applications. The FrameWorks are leadership action tools for all, not reserved for a few.

      Partnership is a key for unleashing the latent creativity and ownership that remains largely untapped in most organizations, and it is a strategy for reducing stress and increasing performance at the same time. Partnership can be a challenge and sometimes a threat for those leaders with high ego and self-absorption who assume employees are less trustworthy and competent than themselves. I have had some client engagements where partnership stood as a clear challenge to the power systems at play in the organization. A few asked me to leave. However, partnership is also an opportunity for learning and transformation. And many clients have asked me to stay and work at building a new way of seeing, working, relating, and performing. For those opportunities of learning and growth I have been and am deeply grateful.

      The chapters of the book are organized around the fundamental work of most organizations and what I have observed as some of the foundational patterns of work and relationships.

      Introduction

      Partnership: A Different Way of Thinking, Working, and Leading

      Throughout the book, I will state and restate that partnership is not natural or easy for most leaders and organizations. In the Introduction, I provide observations about typical patterns of organizational life I have experienced and explored. A redefinition of partnership and its relationship to and differences from power-based approaches are provided with real examples and reflection. The definition and importance of FrameWorks to the capacity development of partnership is detailed, and key understandings of partnership development are provided for reflection, as well as some important challenges and benefits for its investment.

      Chapter One: Building Trust

      Trust is a foundational element for all groups and organizations committed to partnership. Building and managing trust is a critical skill and responsibility of leadership. The Leadership Choices FrameWork is introduced as an effective tool for real-time assessment of trust-mistrust. It describes the differences between the states of partnership and isolation. In addition, a simple process for using the Leadership Choices FrameWork is provided for immediate application to your daily work.

      Chapter Two: Guiding Change

      Managing change is a well-worn phrase and challenge for most organizations. One reason is because change is present in every organization, every day. And it’s not going away anytime soon. A basic skill of leadership is guiding change without being in the room—leadership in absence rather than presence. Doing so requires the ability to build trust and competence in others. The Guiding Change FrameWork is introduced as a practical tool that many find useable immediately. I see Guiding Change as the training wheels on the first Partnership bike one rides. It’s a proven and reliable way to begin developing the partnership capacity in oneself and the organization. Compelling stories and examples provide an instant understanding and feel for how to use this partnership process.

      Chapter Three: Seeing Authority and Power

      Authority and power is found in all organizations. Much of my thinking in this area is grounded in the work of Barry Oshry, author of Seeing Systems II, In the Middle and The Organizational Workshop (TOPS, MIDDLES, BOTTOMS and CUSTOMERS), among many other incredibly useful approaches and tools in organizational development. I introduce the Authority and Power FrameWork as a useful reflection and strategy tool for individuals and groups in managing three types of capital.This FrameWork is a tool for leaders in managing the environment and risks of an organization so that partnership can flourish and performance can improve.

      Chapter Four: Managing Transitions

      Every change in an organization causes change for every employee in an organization. Many organizations assume that employees can manage personal and professional transitions as easy as waking up in the morning. But that is not my experience with thousands of employees in hundreds of organizations, nor with myself. The Transition and Change FrameWork is an easy and effective tool for assessing transitions, learning, professional development, and performance management. It can be applied at the individual, group, or organizational level. If Guiding Change is like training wheels for partnership capacity development, then Transition and Change is the bike itself. It will take an organization to deeper clarity, dialogue, and choice making about the personal and professional development so needed in all organizations.

      Chapter Five: Making Decisions

      Decision making is a fundamental process of organizational life, one that’s often not mapped nor defined but wrapped in layers of positional authority and power assumptions. The Decision Making FrameWork is introduced as a proven tool for public and private settings across business, public education, and faith-based organizations. It helps differentiate roles, responsibilities, and relationships in a way that builds partnership. The traps and myths of consensus building are explored and practical applications are described. The chapter explores the five steps of decision making and introduces choice making as a step in that process. It describes how to include stakeholders in a practical and effective way, not as due diligence, but as a critical part of the process. The Decision Making FrameWork includes the critical steps of implementation and refinement as part of a continuous improvement loop.

      Chapter Six: Leveraging the Strengths of Personality

      In the typical problem-solving culture of most organizations, little attention is given to individual and group strengths. One can’t use gap analysis without defining what’s real and present.The Four Color View FrameWork applies the work of Carol Ritberger’s Color Personality Indicator® to the individual, group, and organization. Four personality types (Red, Green, Orange, and Yellow) are evaluated in light of strengths, wants, and preferences, and are applied to communication, processing, and decision-making. Applications are provided for using each personality type to build partnership.

      Conclusion: Intentional Choice

      Here I summarize my learning about developing partnership capacity with individuals, groups, and organizations—both the benefits and the challenges. I offer tips for those exploring the possibilities of partnership.

      And at the end I take a moment to explore how partnership and porcupines go together. But don’t turn to that page yet. Read the book first.

      Introduction:

      Partnership: A Different Way of Thinking, Working, and Leading

      Ever had this happen?

      You’re one of a half dozen people in the office who have gathered to talk about a report that’s due in two days. You’ve been exchanging emails for the last week, but today it seems like an informal meeting is in order. Somebody else is using the conference room, so your group decides to assemble in the lounge. Ten minutes into the meeting, the boss pops in to get a cup of coffee. Suddenly, everyone looks up and the room goes quiet.

      What do you feel?

      It’s definitely not guilt. The conversation, although free-ranging, was task-oriented. Still, the boss’s unannounced presence made things awkward. It’s not as though she said something to make people feel that way. In fact, she didn’t say anything at all—just nodded, got her coffee, and left.

      So what’s going on here?

      You and your colleagues ran smack up against hierarchy, against authority, against power. That power wasn’t verbalized or expressed in any overt way, but it became part of the room’s atmosphere, and it temporarily squelched the spirit of collegiality and

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