If you ask a room full of people to rate how good they are at partnering, the chances are that most will rate themselves very highly. After all, it’s a natural human instinct, isn’t it? We do it all the time in our personal relationships, with our colleagues at work, in sports teams.
From The Partnering Initiative’s decade of experience working with business, the UN, NGOs and donors, when it comes to partnerships with those dissimilar to ourselves – such as across continents or across societal sectors – the picture changes completely.
Archives for September 2013
Post 2015 – CEOs make ‘business case’ for development
Planning for the post-2015 development agenda — which will officially kick off next week in New York during the U.N. General Assembly meetings — is expected to feature an aspect the expiring Millennium Development Goals did not in their infancy: vocal leadership from the private sector. (Follow our complete coverage of UNGC, UNGA, CGI and the Social […]
Delivering the Post-2015 Development Agenda through a New Global Partnership with Business (Sept 25th, London)
Business Action for Africa, Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative and The Partnering Initiative invite you to an event to discuss how best to harness business in the delivery of the ambitious new Post-2015 development agenda. A panel of business, government and development representatives will discuss how to address the challenges of translating […]
Fit for Partnering Webinar – Monday 16th September
Is your organisation ‘Fit for Partnering’? Does it have the right leadership and strategy, systems and processes, professional skills and a culture that effectively support your partnership approach? Join our webinar on Monday 16th September at 3pm, UK time to learn more about TPI’s new action research programme to help organisations excel at partnership from […]