The Partnership Charter
How to Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (Or Fix the One You're in)
Category: Strategy
Partnerships often descend into bitter partisanship. To avoid that, you need to know two words: 'Partnership Charter.'
In this summary you will learn
- Why you should draft a "Partnership Charter" when going into business with others
- What this charter contains
- How to determine partner compatibility
- Why mediation is the best option for resolving partner conflicts
getAbstract rating
| getAbstract rating |
Applicability |
|
Innovation |
|
Style |
|
| Level of Expertise |
Why you should read The Partnership Charter
This is a top-notch book - nicely written, smartly organized, and easy to follow and understand. It provides insightful information, telling case histories, useful checklists and exercises, and even includes a fully developed "Partnership Charter" in the appendix. Author David Gage offers an inside view of partnerships, and his case studies make the text a pleasure to read. More importantly, he shows you how to create a partnership charter that will function as your enterprise's Magna Carta in the years to come. If you are planning a partnership, getAbstract advises you to study this expert presentation first. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.
About the Author
David Gage, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University. He founded a multidisciplinary consulting and mediation firm that specializes in conflict prevention for closely held businesses.
Do you like this summary?
Want More?
Customers who read this summary also read
-
The Referral Engine
Teaching Your Business to Market Itselfby John Jantsch
-
The CEO's Boss
by William M. Klepper
-
Vested Outsourcing
by Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard and Karl Manrodt
-
Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty
by Frederick Funston and Stephen Wagner
