Partnership Delivery Team Partnership Working Partnership Delivery Team

Introductions who you are your job role your experience of partnership working partnerships you work with who your partners are key things your partnership does what you hope to get from today

Course outcomes At end of the course you should be able to: Analyse a partnership and identify its functions Identify if a partnership is working as effectively as possible Identify areas where a partnership could be improved Know how to use a range of tools to improve the effectiveness of a partnership

Why work in partnership? What are the benefits?

When is a partnership not a partnership?

A partnership is … ? … a voluntary relationship between two or more free and independent parties which is designed to secure some shared objective

The planning cycle 1. ANALYSE 2. PLAN 4. REVIEW 3. DO

The planning cycle Stage Activity 1. ANALYSE Assess needs Determine outcomes Map existing activity Identify available resources Set priorities Lobby external bodies Share best practice Develop policy 2. PLAN Design and plan services Allocate resources Develop commissioning strategy and procurement plan 3. DO Develop and shape the market Provide services Commission services Manage delivery 4. REVIEW Monitor and manage performance Evaluate Reassess strategy

Place the possible partnership functions in the Venn Diagram Single organisation Network

Partnership problems Different cultures Different values Misunderstandings Insufficient capacity Time pressures Different priorities Agendas that cannot be made public Reliance on one person

What behaviours are needed for effective partnership working ?

Effective Partnership Behaviours Respecting Listening Sharing Questioning Persuading Challenging Accepting challenge Patience Participating Creative thinking Negotiating Influencing Mediating Understanding Decision making Assertiveness Risk taking

Partnership Journey Tuckman Forming Storming Performing Norming Adjourning Storming Performing Norming

Forming, storming, norming, performing Where are your partnerships?

Leadership in Partnerships How many chief executives does it take to change a light bulb?

Partnership leadership managing the internal and external environment. leadership outside and beyond the organisation. using influence rather than formal authority. rejecting the pressure to provide magical solutions. changing your own thinking and behaviour. recognising you are part of the problem and the solution Professors John Benington and Jean Hartley - Fellows of the Sunningdale Institute - August 2009 - “Whole systems go!”

Partnership leadership Personal skills Self-awareness of own motives and behaviours Open to the views of others Understanding motives, interests and influence of partners Interpersonal skills Able to influence partners Able to handle conflict Reading people and situations Recognise different interests and agendas Recognise when you may be seen as a threat to others Building alignment and alliances Recognising difference Go beyond finding consensus to working with difference and with conflicts Strategic direction and scanning Think long-term Work across the whole system and value chain Professors John Benington and Jean Hartley - Fellows of the Sunningdale Institute - August 2009 - “Whole systems go!”

Tools for improving your partnership Model terms of reference Self evaluation Partnership Portal

Exercise - Terms of reference Compare the terms of reference you have brought with you against the template in the workbook What changes could you make to improve your terms of reference?

Partnership Self Evaluation Strategic Direction - Strategic leadership, Local needs and aspirations Working together - Action planning, Implementing the action plan, Joint Commissioning, Influence over partners, Pooled funds, Cross cutting links, Managing delivery, Benchmarking, and Data quality Accountability - Challenge and trust, Elected members, Engaging partners.

Exercise - self evaluation Choose one section of the self evaluation in your work book and complete it with reference to your partnership. Share you assessment with your neighbour.

Partnership Portal http://www.essexpartnershipportal.org/

Exercise - Partnership Improvement Plans Complete a Partnership Development Plan for at least one person in your group.

Action Grids/Evaluation Use the action grid at the back of your delegate pack to think about how you will use the learning from today Don’t forget to complete the course evaluation form …

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