I found Bill Harris's advice and others in this thread on building teams
very useful and timely. I myself am participating in the formation of a
completely new management team and we are all needing to learn how to make
it highly effective.
An allied issue I am interested in exploring is how the openness and
mutual learning style can be applied to customer-supplier type
relationships.
The new consultancy type organisation I am helping to define is currently
developing its core-ideology (a la Porras 's - visionary Companies)
An area we are particularly keen to develop is a strong and close affinity
or rapport with our Clients/corporate customers at organisationl and
individual levels. Some questions have started to arise that others out
there mya have a perspective on .
How do you overcome the tendency for an adversarial win-lose to a win-win
attitude and way of working to create an effective supplier-client team?
What changes in behaviour need learning to bring this about? (especially
in meetings)
Any thoughts (maybe under a new thread?)
Kind Regards
Martin Silcock
PS- as you will see I am no longer Flying Solo (following job change from
Wedgwood), as I believe I have found (or at least can help create) some
potential friends and like-minded learners with which to flock!
--Martin Silcock <msilcock@wagstaffs.com>
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