Partnership http://businessjournal.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam 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. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/127022/Time-Partner.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/127022/Time-Partner.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT 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. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/126938/Dont-Go-It-Alone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/126938/Dont-Go-It-Alone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT 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. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/126059/Pinnacle-Partnership-Unselfishness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/126059/Pinnacle-Partnership-Unselfishness.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT 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. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/125291/Collaborating-Means-Communicating.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/125291/Collaborating-Means-Communicating.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:15:00 GMT In a good collaboration, partners make statements like "two heads are better than one." In a bad one, they make comments such as "I'd have been better off working by myself" or "I wish I'd never even met him." Here's how collaborators can forgive and (hopefully) forget. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/124766/Healing-Rift-Partnership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/124766/Healing-Rift-Partnership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT In effective partnerships, collaborators focus on each other's strengths, not weaknesses; accept each other as they are; and are understanding of one another's mistakes. This is all easier said than done, of course, note the authors of the new book Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/124523/Challenge-Collaborators-Acceptance.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/124523/Challenge-Collaborators-Acceptance.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT In a good collaboration, 58% of partners strongly agree that they trust each other. Trust is indeed essential in partnerships, as every partner needs to be able to depend on his counterpart for the collaboration to achieve excellence, say the authors of Power of 2. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/123881/Whom-Trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/123881/Whom-Trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT Your partnership won't succeed unless both of you believe it is fair, say the authors of the new book Power of 2. Even if you have no formal authority over the pay, promotion, or recognition of your collaborator, you should make sure he feels good about the arrangement. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122837/No-Fair.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122837/No-Fair.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT Although a shared mission is essential, maybe even obvious, the lack of this basic concurrence is where many pairs fail. Only one in four people in poor partnerships agree they have a common goal or purpose with the other person, write the authors of Power of 2. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122639/Partnership-Foundation-Common-Mission.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122639/Partnership-Foundation-Common-Mission.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:00 GMT The best partnerships happen when you and someone who has strengths that complement yours join forces, say the authors of Power of 2. Your strengths cancel out your partner's weaknesses, and vice versa. You accomplish together what could not be done separately. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122237/Why-Partners-Need-Complementary-Strengths.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/122237/Why-Partners-Need-Complementary-Strengths.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:00:00 GMT