Summary

Stephen Dent and coauthor James Krefft turn the spotlight on the role leaders and executives can play in creating a partnering culture that inspires employee loyalty and builds trust-based alliances that will stand the test of time. Powerhouse Partners delivers a best-practices tool kit for getting back to basics: relearning the art of connecting with competitors, departments, divisions and other strategic partners. In this blueprint for building a Partnering Powerhouse, Dent and Krefft map out how to practice focused leadership, build a partnering infrastructure and develop smart partners. They get to the nuts and bolts of job design, including an organization design model of a partnering network, and offer practical ideas for how to institutionalize partnering throughout the organization. And they outline the core competencies for an organization's human performance system and present an innovative approach for determining a job candidate's partnering skills. Dozens of proprietary assessments, worksheets and the unique Powerhouse Model--plus plenty of case studies and examples--come together into one comprehensive system for fully integrating business strategy and human resources to build a strong organizational partnering capability.