Partnership Implications and practices David Jarrett HR Business Partner Symposium 9 September 2015
Why would someone be partnered by you? Why would a ‘system’ be partnered by you? How is this Changing for the Social Age?
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Partner with someone you do not know, please Say Hi, who am I, and How do you want to work together?
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Relationship view Future Strategy and Industry knowledge
Trusted leadership Voice in the team Unknown to Team
Known to Team Solutions and Control
Coach, challenger, confidante Happening Now 4
Makes a difference to‌ Future
Known to Team
Topics to consider, markets, competitors
Shaping the Agenda Unknown to Team
Costs, quality, risk, headcount, data
Notice, feel, name, encourage, systemic
Happening Now 5
Conversation + share • •
Where do I trade most in my interactions? My assessment of my strengths lies in …
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What are you noticing?
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What is not being mentioned?
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Where do your business leaders place you? Future
Known to Team
Topics to consider, markets, competitors
Shaping the Agenda Unknown to Team
Costs, quality, risk, headcount, data
Notice, feel, name, encourage, systemic
Happening Now 7
Share § § § § §
Are we partnering across all the areas suggested? Are we looking for useful insight from our partners? Is it safer on the left? Is there more personal investment on the right – need to care? Relationship driven by caring = partner?
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Where do we care? Why would a ‘system’ be partnered by you?
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Systemic supervision 3. How is the target impacting you – feelings, fears, hopes? Target of Change
1. How was the issue framed by the organisation?
2. How are you influencing that? What is your intent?
5. How is the situation a parallel process of what the organisation is doing to the team and the team is now doing to you?
YOU 4. How is the Team leader or Culture influencing 1-23? Amended from Hawkins and Smith, 2013
Organisation
6. How is the whole organisation setting the tone for the situation? 10
Authority, presence and impact Through relating well with others
Through what I have achieved, experienced
Through who and what I know
Presence (now)
Through being present in the moment
Through shifting agenda, mindset
Confidence Authority (past)
Impact (future)
Source: Bath Consultancy Group
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Personal impact § Where do you “trade “most of your API? § Where could development most benefit you? § Pair up with someone and offer each other feedback on: § One positive impression about the other person’s authority, presence and impact? § One doubt you have about the other person as a leader with authority, presence and impact and why? 12
How is this Changing for the Social Age? ยง Storytelling is the key art ยง Working out loud ยง Community (NET) tribe space ยง Magnetic pull ยง Co-creation
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David Jarrett david@seasaltlearning.com +44 (0)7713 145827
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