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Concurrent Session
Partnering: Forge the Deep Connections that Make Great Things Happen
W219
In-Person Monday 06/12/2023 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM   Add to calendar
Competencies: Business (Behavioral), Leadership (Behavioral), Workplace (Technical) | Intended Audience: Senior-Level
Workplace Application:
Jean Oelwang, founding CEO and Trustee of Virgin Unite, has interviewed over 60 business and life partnerships - including Desmond and Leah Tutu, and Ben and Jerry - revealing how to nurture relationships with depth and purpose.  

Some of the most successful people in the world all have a secret power: their partnerships.   

Our individualistic society has created a cult of self-interest. The result: fear, division, and domination, which has crushed our ability to relate meaningfully to each other and diminished our ability to innovate and collaborate.

Jean Oelwang, founding CEO and Trustee of Virgin Unite, has interviewed over 60 business and life partnerships - including Desmond and Leah Tutu, and Ben and Jerry - revealing how to nurture relationships with depth and purpose. These kinds of deep connections have a profound ripple effect on everything we do, supporting us to achieve more, withstand anything and amplify impact. Enduring partnerships are the foundation of a meaningful life as well as the backbone of any successful organization. In this book she unpicks the values that connect great partners, offering practical tools for staying in sync, disagreeing respectfully and a blueprint for expanding small partnerships into large-scale collaborations. 

 Packed with wisdom to nourish the relationships that give us strength and meaning, Partnering is a call-to-action for individuals resisting individualism to lead with purpose and impact. 

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the core components of strong partnerships and relationships.
  • Identify how to bring the core components of partnering into organizations to greater depth and harmony.
Jean Oelwang  Photo
Presenter:
Jean Oelwang, Founding CEO and Trustee,
Virgin Unite
George Rivera Photo
Presenter:
George Rivera, Senior Vice President, Commercial and Enterprise Sales,
SHRM