Ways of Working
Now that you’ve established a collaboration and set your goals and objectives, what’s next? This section outlines how to establish clear guidelines and processes for teamwork and execution. It can help you define the culture and values for the collaboration.
Governance
Establishing governance structures
Governance structures embed partnership approaches and principles, and are a vital part of ensuring the partnership and the organizations involved in it are accountable.
Roles and responsibilities
Governance fundamentals should also include a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities to ensure clarity and shared accountability.
MOU with Terms of Reference
Formal documentation provides the foundation stone of the agreement and putting together a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a Terms of Reference ensures the contractual elements of the partnership are clear and thought through.
Collaborative working practices
Facilitating co-creation
Working collaboratively is central to effective partnerships. Co-creating activities and ideas enables the partnership to make the most of each organization’s strengths and leverage the unique opportunities the combination delivers.
Learning and adaptation
Learning and adaptation is a vital part of developing long-term relationships and can help both the outputs and processes become continually more effective.
Communication and decision-making processes
Communication and decision-making is central to effective partnership relationships and processes should be consciously designed around key agreed principles.