Part V: Bringing It All Together: The Culture of Partnership

Chapter 12 The Culture of Partnership

Chapter 13 Leadership and the Partnership Culture

Chapter 14 Translating Partnership Theory into Partnership Practice

We have recommended many specific management policies and practices throughout this book, ranging from broad company policy to relationships between organization units to the conduct of day-to-day interactions between employees and their bosses. These may seem disparate, but they are all representative of and reinforce a particular, and particularly powerful, organization culture: the culture of “partnership.” In Part V, we discuss what we mean by partnership, including a case study of Mayo Clinic, an exemplar of partnership culture; we describe the essentials of genuine leadership, especially as these pertain to the leadership of partnership cultures; and, we provide guidance for organizations seeking seriously to change in the direction of partnership.