This course emphasizes collaborative efforts where multiple stakeholders work together to create and sustain impactful change in their shared area of interest. This approach emphasizes synergy, shared goals, and collective action. They often tackle complex challenges that no single entity could address alone.

The learning objectives of Breakthrough Approach in Partnership focus on developing the skills, mindsets, and strategies necessary to lead collaboratively in dynamic, complex environments. These objectives aim to equip leaders with the ability to foster impactful partnerships, drive transformative changes, and sustain progress in diverse contexts.

Day 1: Understanding the Principles of Effective Partnership Leadership

• How to Develop a deep understanding of what makes partnerships successful, including shared vision, trust, mutual accountability, and alignment of goals.
• How to Recognize the unique challenges and opportunities that arise in partnership contexts.
  • Differing Partner Cultures and Values
  • Alignment of Goals and Expectations

Building Collaborative Mindsets and Skills

• How to Cultivate a mindset of openness, curiosity, and adaptability to navigate diverse perspectives.
• Mastering skills such as active listening, negotiation, and conflict resolution to build and maintain strong relationships.

Day 2: Driving Vision and Shared Purpose

• Learn how to co-create a compelling, shared vision that unites diverse stakeholders.
• How to translate the shared vision into actionable strategies and measurable outcomes.
  • Communication and Transparency
  • Resource Allocation and Management

Navigating Complexity and Change

• Develop strategies to lead through ambiguity and uncertainty in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Understand systems thinking to address interconnected challenges within partnerships.

Day 3: Emotions and Emotional Intelligence

• What is Emotional Intelligence and what it has  to do with Leadership
• Understanding the concept of Workplace Emotional Power
• 6-Principles of EI
• Emotional Quotient

Day 4: DISC Assessment – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance.

In-depth look at your personal talents

• Behaviors: Will help you attain a greater knowledge of yourself as well as others. The ability to interact effectively with people may be the difference between success and failure in your work and personal life. Effective interaction starts with an accurate perception of oneself.
• Motivators: This provides information on the why of your actions, which with application and coaching can tremendously impact your value of life. Once you know the motivations that drive your actions, you will immediately be able to understand the causes of conflict.
• Integrating Behaviors and Motivators: This will help you blend the how and the why of your actions. Once you can understand how your behaviors and motivators blend, your performance will be enhanced, and you will experience an increase in satisfaction.
• Acumen Indicators: This will help you truly understand how you analyze and interpret your experiences. Your acumen, keenness and depth of perception or discernment, is directly related to your level of performance.
• Competency: We shall discuss 25 key competencies and rank them from top to bottom, defining your major strengths. The skills at the top highlight well-developed capabilities and reveal where you

Day 6: Enhancing Influence and Trust

• How to Build credibility and influence as a leader in partnerships, fostering trust among stakeholders.
• Learn techniques to effectively communicate and inspire action across cultural and organizational boundaries.

Day 7: Innovating and Problem-Solving Collectively

• Facilitate innovation by leveraging the strengths and creativity of all partners.
• Utilize tools for joint problem-solving and decision-making that encourage equitable contribution and ownership.
  • Mind Mapping (e.g., XMind, MindMeister)
  • Nominal Group Technique (NGT)
  • Brainstorming Software (e.g., Miro, Stormboard)
  • Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa or Cause-and-Effect Diagram)
  • Collaboration Platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Slack, Asana, Trello) etc

Day 8: Ensuring Accountability and Measuring Impact

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating progress.
• Learn to use data-driven insights to adapt strategies and demonstrate the value of the partnership.
  • Consider taking our Data Driven Decision Making course (DDDM)

Day 9: Sustaining Partnerships for Long-Term Impact

• Understand how to design partnerships that are resilient, adaptable, and sustainable.
• Learn approaches to manage transitions, scale successful initiatives, and sustain momentum beyond the initial breakthrough.
  • Evaluate Impact: Analyze both qualitative and quantitative metrics to understand the initiative’s impact. Are the outcomes meeting the intended goals? Are stakeholders satisfied? This could involve customer satisfaction surveys, performance metrics, and social or financial impact assessments.
  • Standardized Operations: Streamline workflows and create standardized procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency. This might include standard operating procedures (SOPs), automated processes, or centralized tools to reduce redundancies.

Day 10: Personal Leadership Growth

• Reflect on your leadership style and identify areas for personal growth.
• Build self-awareness to lead authentically and inclusively in diverse partnership settings.

• How to Develop a deep understanding of what makes partnerships successful, including shared vision, trust, mutual accountability, and alignment of goals.
• How to Recognize the unique challenges and opportunities that arise in partnership contexts.
  • Cultural disparities (e.g., supplier vs. OEM expectations)
  • Goal misalignment in buyer-supplier agreements
  • Power asymmetries and role ambiguities
• Building Collaborative Mindsets and Skills
  • How to Cultivate a mindset of openness, curiosity, and adaptability to navigate diverse perspectives.
  • Negotiation and mediation techniques for value-based outcomes
  • Conflict resolution frameworks applicable to sourcing, logistics, and co-manufacturing scenarios
• Driving Vision and Shared Purpose
  • How to Co-develop a shared vision that binds suppliers, logistics providers, internal teams, and external partners toward common objectives.
  • How to Use strategic visioning tools to convert abstract goals into operational roadmaps and performance metrics.
  • Resource Allocation and Management
• Navigating Complexity and Change
  • How to Apply systems thinking to identify leverage points within complex, interconnected supply ecosystems (e.g., demand volatility, regulatory compliance, or ESG commitments).
  • How to Learn frameworks for adaptive leadership, resilience-building, and ambiguity navigation in multi-tiered supply chains.

• Define Emotional Intelligence (EI) and its relevance in influencing supplier relationships, team cohesion, and cross-cultural negotiations.
• Understanding the concept of Workplace Emotional Power
• Applying the 6-Principles of EI (Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, Social Skills, Adaptability)

• Behaviors: Will help you attain a greater knowledge of yourself as well as others. The ability to interact effectively with people may be the difference between success and failure in your work and personal life. Effective interaction starts with an accurate perception of oneself.
• Motivators: This provides information on the why of your actions, which with application and coaching can tremendously impact your value of life. Once you know the motivations that drive your actions, you will immediately be able to understand the causes of conflict.
• Integrating Behaviors and Motivators: This will help you blend the how and the why of your actions. Once you can understand how your behaviors and motivators blend, your performance will be enhanced, and you will experience an increase in satisfaction.
• Acumen Indicators: This will help you truly understand how you analyze and interpret your experiences. Your acumen, keenness and depth of perception or discernment, is directly related to your level of performance.
• Competency: We shall discuss 25 key competencies and rank them from top to bottom, defining your major strengths. The skills at the top highlight well-developed capabilities and reveal where you

• How to Build credibility and influence as a leader in partnerships, fostering trust among stakeholders.
• Learn techniques to effectively communicate and inspire action across cultural and organizational boundaries.

• Facilitate innovation by leveraging the strengths and creativity of all partners.
• Utilize tools for joint problem-solving and decision-making that encourage equitable contribution and ownership.
  • Mind Mapping (e.g., XMind, MindMeister)
  • Nominal Group Technique (NGT)
  • Brainstorming Software (e.g., Miro, Stormboard)
  • Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa or Cause-and-Effect Diagram)
  • Collaboration Platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Slack, Asana, Trello) etc

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating progress.
• Learn to use data-driven insights to adapt strategies and demonstrate the value of the partnership.
• Consider taking our Data Driven Decision Making course (DDDM)

• Understand how to design partnerships that are resilient, adaptable, and sustainable.
• Learn approaches to manage transitions, scale successful initiatives, and sustain momentum beyond the initial breakthrough.
  • Evaluate Impact: Analyze both qualitative and quantitative metrics to understand the initiative’s impact. Are the outcomes meeting the intended goals? Are stakeholders satisfied? This could involve customer satisfaction surveys, performance metrics, and social or financial impact assessments.
  • Standardized Operations: Streamline workflows and create standardized procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency. This might include standard operating procedures (SOPs), automated processes, or centralized tools to reduce redundancies.

• Reflect on your leadership style and identify areas for personal growth.
• Build self-awareness to lead authentically and inclusively in diverse partnership settings.