Hi Joan - sorry but I have to change our plans for Wed. Are you available on
the 25th, 26th or 27th ?

Randi



> Hi all:
>
>
> Just wanted to let you know about my upcoming teleclasses on building
> alliances, coalitions, and partnerships! First class begins October 21.
>
>
>
> 7 erroneous assumptions people often make when developing or participating
> in alliances, coalitions and partnerships!
>
> 1.      Participants are motivated by the same interests.
>
> 2.      Conflict is not desirable in an alliance, coalition or partnership.
>
> 3.      There are no power dynamics in their group.
>
> 4.      Leadership skills used in their home organizations work well in
> multi-stakeholder organizations.
>
> 5.      Partnerships are organized the same way as the organization they
> work in.
>
> 6.      The work of a member of an alliance, coalition or partnership is to
> only to attend meetings and share information.
>
> 7.      An alliance, coalition or partnership can be organized and
> maintained with very little co-ordination effort.
>
>
> Reality Bites:
>
>
> 1 Organizations have different missions, client groups and services so why
> would they not have different interests.
>
> 2. Alliance type organizations are vehicles for conflict resolution. Their
> implicit purpose is to resolve conflict by naming it and working through it.
>
> 3. There are always power dynamics in any human system.
>
> 4. Traditionally what we deem as leadership is what we see used in
> hierarchically organized structures with centralized power. When power is
> dispersed amongst organization partners as in multi-stakeholder processes, a
> different form of leadership is required. I call it lateral leadership.
>
> 5. Partnerships can function as democratic organizations if they are
> organized on a power sharing model.
>
> 6. The work of any organization is to transform knowledge. You do that
> through decision making. If no decisions are ever made then the process is
> not an organization.
>
> 7.      A coalition/alliance/partnership needs more co-ordination not less,
> since it needs to transcend many organizational boundaries and interests.
>
>
>
> Holding these and other assumptions can lead to costly mistakes and
> organizational paralysis. If you would like to learn how to succeed with in
> your multi-stakeholder process, you can attend a teleclass  or purchase my
> new book Alliances, Coalition and Partnerships: Building Collaborative
> Organizations.
>
> For information on the following teleclasses go to joanroberts/teleclas.com
>
> 1.      Managers, organization and community developers: you can build
> successful alliances, coalitions and partnerships!
> 2.      Discover the 6 phase development framework to build successful
> alliances, coalitions and partnerships.
> 3.      Build the infrastructure for successful alliances, coalitions and
> partnerships!
> 4.      Discover the different kind of leadership skills you require for
> successful alliances, coalitions and partnerships.
> 5.      Learn strategies and techniques to deal with power issues in
> alliances, coalitions and partnerships and improve your effectiveness with
> this emerging form of organization.
>
>
> My new book entitled Alliances Coalitions and Partnerships, Building
> Collaborative Organizations, published by New Society Publishers, will be
> hot off the press next week. To attend the book launch or purchase a copy
> visit www.joanroberts.com
>
> Joan
>
> Joan Roberts
> Joan Roberts Consulting
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> www.joanroberts.com
> "Helping Large Systems Change"
> New Teleclass: Building Successful Alliances Coalitions and Partnerships.
> Register at http://www.joanroberts/teleclas/.com
>
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