Collaborative leadership: how to succeed in an interconnected world

Public private partnerships are an increasingly significant part of the world's economy, they are long term, they are here to stay and they are set to increase both in number and value. As an HR professional, you need to recruit and develop a new style of collaborative leader to face the new set of challenges that result from sharing power and control with people outside of one's own organisation. This book gives managers and HR professionals the tools and confidence to manage these complex relationships in a more collaborative way. It focuses on the individual and on practical changes you can make in the way that you work to improve the overall business performance. Covers a growing area of importance for HR professionals and leaders, especially within public sector organizations. The book's authors are highly experienced in working at the leading edge of many complex partnership projects. Gives managers and HR professionals practical advice on how to manage sensitive collaborative relationships.

The 21st century leadership dilemma, Teams, partners, and sub-contractors: the challenge of collaboration, The impact on leaders, A framework for collaborative leadership, Working with difference, Understanding the culture: your own and your partners, Key questions to ask your partner and key things they should know about you, Valuing difference and avoiding reducing to the lowest common denominator, Measuring progress, Keeping a partnership on track, Setting up a relationship to succeed, Getting personal: what's in this for you?

Human Resource Practitioners, Line Managers, Managers within public sector.

'This is an important and original book. If anyone doubted the relevance of collaboration, connectivity, and effective leadership in today’s small world, they must have been asleep as the cataclysmic financial events of 2008 unfolded. It’s a book which is relevant to business and public sector leaders alike.'
Sir Ian Magee CB, Fellow of the Institute for Government and Senior Advisor, Booz & Company

'In all kinds of business, collaboration is here to stay. Now David Archer and Alex Cameron have created a guide that helps leaders understand what kind of collaboration is right for them, and how to make it work.'
Andrew Sharpe, Director of Standards and Technical Services, Rail Safety and Standards Board

'A really practical, how-to-do-it book on colla