LGpartnerships - Smarter Partnerships

Assess your partnership against the benchmarks below.

You may come to a positive or negative conclusion about your position against each benchmark, and you may already be acting to strengthen the partnership.

Think about the evidence you have to back up the view you take.

If you are completing the exercise on your own, think about your partners' views on the partnership.

	BENCHMARK	NO - action is needed	NO - but action is in hand	YES - but needs improving	YES - working well
2.1	Partners are mutually accountable for their contributions
2.2	Partners understand and respect differences amongst partners
2.3	Partners behave openly and deal with conflict and frustration promptly
2.4	Communications are sufficient and effective
2.5	Partners ensure that there is fair sharing of contributions, risks and rewards amongst partners
2.6	Partners have an equal say in decision-making

Do you need to tackle any of these common occurrences?

too much concern for formal procedures and protocol
failure to listen/ engage in genuine dialogue
inordinate time spent in meetings/ communications
'exclusive behaviour' (ie, placing barriers to the participation of other parties)
stereotyping or judgmental behaviour
defensive behaviour
culture of blame/ criticising partners

What actions might you take?

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