In the first part of this series, 3 Keys to Extraordinary Collaboration - Part 1, we examined three keys to collaboration: Exchange + Expansion + Integrity. Remember, we can't successfully collaborate until we're "in exchange." To be in exchange, each party to a relationship must be providing and receiving fair value -- as each perceives it. Beyond the issue of...

I developed the following model to communicate the essence of partnering between any two entities, whether people or groups, and whether external or internal to an organization: Partnering = Exchange + Expansion + Integrity Let's look at collaborating across boundaries -- or what is frequently called partnering -- and the first of three keys to sustainable partnering across any boundary:...