by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
This article is part of a series on major issues that leaders may encounter in the lifecycle of mission networks and partnerships. This article highlights the importance of communication to four key groups of stakeholders in every partnership. Effective...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
Effective communication is a critical goal in the Operation Phase of a collaborative partnership. A partnership Facilitator cannot allow the partnership to go “dark” and “quiet” – even if good work is being accomplished. Perceptions are important, and...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
This article is part of a series on major issues that leaders may encounter in the life cycle of mission networks and partnerships. This article looks at how to manage change in the network or partnership context. Operational Issues In Partnerships: Change We...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
This article is part of a series on major issues that leaders may encounter in the lifecycle of mission networks and partnerships. This article discusses how to organize for action and see tangible progress towards your agreed upon goals using working groups. ...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
The Facilitator’s Challenge Partnership consultations or network meetings present a real communications and facilitation challenge for the facilitator and the participants. Facilitators often struggle with how to increase a sense of trust, develop consensus, encourage...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Evaluation, A-Partnership-Operational Issues
A network or partnership is only as effective as its Leadership Team. So, this questionnaire is designed to help you take a detailed look at the health and effectiveness of your Team. (May be Facilitation Team, Steering Committee, etc.). The tool is designed to help...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Evaluation, A-Partnership-Operational Issues
Networks have enormous, ‘game changing’ potential. They can re-write the future. In an increasingly interconnected world they hey can help realize truly impossible dreams far beyond the capacity of any individual or organization. Yet many well...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
The world is awash in change. Some say that there’s not been a period like this in the last 100 years. Whether it is the raw elements of dealing directly with a pandemic or facing the cascading social, political, economic, organizational implications – the sheer...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Operational Issues
What’s the Challenge? All cultures have both idealized and realized values. These values represent the way things ought to be and the way they really are. Near the top of the list of Christian idealized values is the vision Jesus gives His followers in John...