Run a Partnership

Turn an institutional relationship into sustained collaboration.

Signing an MOU is not the outcome. This pathway begins when organizations have agreed to work together.

Your Pathway

1. Align → 2. Activate → 3. Coordinate → 4. Create → 5. Resolve → 6. Review → 7. Renew

Make sure partners have a shared understanding of why the relationship exists.

Clarify expectations, commitments, boundaries, people, and decision-making arrangements.

You're done when: Both sides can explain what they expect from the partnership.

Move quickly toward something concrete.

Identify the first project, course, fellowship, research initiative, event, or other collaborative activity.

You're done when: The partnership has moved from agreement to action.

Maintain clear points of contact, commitments, next actions, and communication.

Avoid allowing the relationship to depend entirely on one senior champion.

You're done when: Collaboration can continue without constant escalation.

Look for additional opportunities that become possible because the organizations are connected.

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You're done when: The partnership is generating opportunities beyond its initial activity.

Address misunderstandings, delays, conflicting expectations, or changing circumstances early.

Do not allow formal agreements to substitute for difficult conversations.

You're done when: Important tensions are visible and being addressed.

Periodically ask whether the partnership is creating enough value for both sides.

Review activities, outcomes, relationships, commitments, and emerging opportunities.

You're done when: Both organizations understand the current health of the partnership.

Decide deliberately whether to deepen, redesign, maintain, pause, or conclude the partnership.

You're done when: The next phase reflects current value rather than historical momentum.

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