This course will benefit you by explaining and providing detailed learning to:

• Understand and be equipped to fulfil the role of a practitioner in a leading role.
• Fully appreciate the concept of collaborative business relationships and how a structured framework and principles, can address collaboration risk and maximise benefit.
• Gain insight into the important aspects of structured collaboration that are a vital part of engaging with other parties in a collaborative venture to ensure success.

What will I learn?

After completing this course, you will understand the fundamental and core aspects of managing structured collaborations within the business and at the relationship level including:

• Collaborative Culture and why it is not just about behaviours.
• Leadership and why it matters both from the top and to the teams and people that need to work together. What leadership competency and skills you need to display.
• Importance of competence and skills management within your organisation and partners.
• Why collaborative behaviours are different vs other business interactions and their importance to success – how to communicate and interact.
• Addressing risk in collaboration and the opportunities for it to be managed jointly with partners.
• Where should we collaborate and with whom - how you need to determine this by appreciating the importance of segmentation and partner selection fit.
• Common Purpose and why this is crucial. Plus developing the specific collaboration Business Case, (Govt, Business Winning, Supply Chain).
• Partner relationships, joint governance and issue management and the importance of a Joint Relationship Management Plan (JRMP).
• Creating Value through collaboration and monitoring/measuring overall performance.
• Planned disengagement - exit strategy, triggers, positive aspects.

Who should attend?

This course provides extensive information and guidance for people managing collaborative initiatives and activities.