Boldly transforming the artful science

of strategic alliance management

from status quo mediocrity into greatness

 

the strategic alliance manager role

 

simply focus on value

 

building trust and value

 

spirituality

 

simple truths

 

 

A Clear Focus:  Strategic Alliance Managers

If you think your strategic alliance is good enough, stop here.

But if you are interested in transforming status quo mediocrity into greatness, read on …


Most strategic alliances fail, mostly because businesses fail in the artful science of relationship. Evidence of poor relationship is seen in low trust, poor communications, zero-sum attitudes and pervasive fear – resulting in limited value creation. Spirituality is about changing attitude and mindset in order to deepen relationship and change the world around us. The strategic need for spirituality in business relationships is clear. But, how to bring spiritual principles into business is not so clear … until now. Now it is becoming clearer.

 

“Spirituality in business, having quietly blossomed for decades, is an established trend that’s about to morph into a megatrend. Spirituality in business works.”

- Patricia Aburdene author of Megatrends 2010: the Rise of Conscious Capitalism

SPiBR.org LLC is like no other business consultancy in the world:

o         Singularly focused on providing consulting and coaching services to strategic alliance managers – the people doing alliance development

o         With over 20 years of experience establishing, developing and managing strategic alliances

o         Uniquely focused on transformational growth – in the individual, in the alliance and in business

 

SPiBR.org LLC is committed to the use of spiritual principles in strategic alliances; spirituality forms the foundation and rational explanation for the most effective practices in alliancing. Spiritual principles and practices center on (a) the core in self (attitude and mindset) and (b) nontraditional competencies in business (relationship and people). Spirituality is about changing attitude in order to deepen relationship. Attitude is the greatest contributor to personal success, and relationship issues cause over half of all strategic alliance failures.

 

So with this nontraditional focus on core issues, and with hard work, transformation occurs. This is hard work, but as strategic alliance managers we are attracted to solving vexing high-payoff challenges.

 

 

Client Focus:

o         Alliance managers with substantial experience working in strategic alliances

o         Alliance managers willing to go within – within self and within relationship

o         Organizations interested in empowering alliance managers

 

Purpose: 

o         To coach and consult on the use of principles (thoughts) and practices (authentic behaviors) to:

·         Change attitude and mindset in order to deepen and improve relationship

·         Transform self and alliance to increase the alliance’s value-creating effectiveness

·         Help alliance managers realize the strategic value of spirituality in their alliances

 

 

“Joe and I worked together on the SAP/HP alliance. Joe is a highly motivated individual with great communication skills and the ability to align an entire organization behind a set of common goals. Joe's extensive experience in project managing and negotiating large scale alliances was instrumental in bringing the transaction to a successful closing.”

- Torsten Geers – SAP AG – Executive Board Office for Shai Agassi (EVP), Strategic Matters (Vorstandsassistent); Walldorf, Germany

 

 

“Joe’s assistance in Intel’s strategic alliance with Capgemini fundamentally impacted the entire alliance. Use of the 2-Slide Methodology transformed our alliance in positive and amazing ways, top-to-bottom.”

- Robyn Shean – Intel, Capgemini Global Alliance Manager; Wokingham, UK

 

 

 

Professional Services:

 

Training, consulting and coaching on:

 

*        The Strategic Alliance Manager Role (30 pg PDF)“Who do you think you are?”

Results:  A clearer understanding of the role’s unique value, challenges and purpose; personal empowerment; better alignment with one’s manager and within the organization.

 

*        The simply powerful 2-Slide MethodologyTM (20 pg PDF) – A process for focusing and continually refocusing the alliance’s collective attention on its core essence: (a) creating value, and (b) overcoming value-impediments.

Results:  A powerful methodology (powerful because of its simplicity) which enables alliance managers to cut through distractive complexities, transform their alliance and profitably increase its value. Because of its simplicity, this methodology is easily agreed to between partners, helpful in all communications and leverageable into any business system. And, these 2-Slides can provide the basis for more effective business ecosystem management.

 

 

Training and coaching on transformational practices:

 

Being Confrontational – shining our light (collective attention) with loving precision.

Results:  Opportunities surface and issues are resolved in a productive manner; greater value-creation.

 

Self-Obsolescence – freely give away our most valued ideas – the open source path to empowermentTM.

Results:  Increased effectiveness and empowerment; more expansive and impactful presence.

 

Negotiating Without Compromise – achieve more creative results beyond mere “win/win.”

Results:  More creative outcomes that benefit you, your partner and the entire ecosystem.

 

Changing Attitude and Mindset – practical ways to be more effective.

Results:  Deepened and improved relationships – interpersonal, in the alliance and with self.

 

Presence and Awareness – practicing deeply impactful presence; holistic and collective listening.

Results:  Increased productivity, greater awareness and increased personal effectiveness.

 

Being an Illuminating Mirror – see, accept and embrace greatness; then reflect it back.

Results:  Sincere and deeply effective gratitude that transforms relationships and the alliance.

 

Being the Metaphor for Metamorphosis – see the needed change, then “be that change.”

Results:  On-going and self-directed transformation – driven by the alliance, for the alliance.

 

Living Simple Truths – the use of practical universally-acceptable spiritual principles.

Results:  Sustained and sustaining growth – in self and in the world around you.

 

 

 

Joe’s Story (2 pg PDF)

 

“I have known Joe for nearly fifteen years, and have witnessed his success as both an alliance manager and as an advisor to other alliance managers. Joe's approach to developing alliance managers is a special mix of considerable experience, well developed techniques, and deep skills in helping others reflect and grow.”

- Jeff Weiss – Strategic Alliances – expert consultant; Boston, MA

 

 

“I worked with Joe on two of his greatest challenges, the HP/Microsoft alliance in 1995 and the HP/SAP alliance in 2005. In both instances Joe brought tremendous insight to the table. I still have his original slide set ‘How to work with Microsoft.’  His ideas are as fresh today as when they were developed, because they focus on the underlying principles and values which authentically drive behavior, not on mere tactics.

HP’s success with SAP was largely due to Joe’s persistent search for how to ‘expand the pie’ – not carve it up. I have worked with Joe for over 10 years. During this period of time I have seen a remarkable transformation from a very competitive and aggressive person to one driven by a clearly articulated, mutually beneficial vision for an alliance. His approach is still hard-charging, still with lots of energy; but he’s now less focused on ‘me’ and more focused on ‘we’.”

- John Harwell – Authentiq Advisors; Genčve, Switzerland

 

 

 

Publications:

Spiritual Principles in Strategic Alliances: be the metaphor for metamorphosis; transform status quo mediocrity into greatness (114 pg PDF)

Selected as a Best Practice by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals.

·         abstract and excerpts

·         public endorsements (read the first endorsement for reading-the-book instructions)

To purchase this book (as an e-book or in hardcopy) click here.

This book is for you. Joe does a great job of blending personal development and timeless principles into an easy-to-read and easy-to-apply guidebook for becoming a more effective alliance professional.  What sets this book apart is that Joe zeros in on the most important factors in alliance management: your relationship with yourself and how it impacts your relationship with others.”

- Kirk Wilkinson – Strategic Alliance professional – Hewlett Packard Company; Phoenix, AZ and Heidelberg, Germany

Strategic Alliance Manager Role: a unique, holistic and empowering perspective (30 pg PDF)

Describes the 3x3 Role MethodologyTM; this is a complete revision of the original 2007 version of this paper.

Building Trust in Strategic Alliances: enabling greater value (12 pg PDF)

Selected as a Best Practice by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals.

Written for GP+S GmbH, a German alliance-oriented consultancy.

Simply Focus on Incremental Value and Value-impediments: transforming a strategic alliance through simplicity (20 pg PDF)

Describes the use of the 2-Slide MethodologyTM which empowers strategic alliance managers and transforms their alliances.

 

 

 

Joe’s Biography (1 pg PDF)

 

Joe’s Resume (3 pg PDF)

 

 

Feel free to give me a call or send e-mail to figure out how I might be of service to you.

 

Love,

 

 

Joe Kittel  (pic)

+1 970 227-6238

joe@spibr.org

SPiBR.org LLC

 

 

the strategic alliance manager role

 

simply focus on value

 

building trust and value

 

spirituality

 

simple truths

 

© 2007-2012 Joe Kittel – SPiBR.org LLC; Loveland, CO. If you find this material valuable consider remuneration; give as you have received – giving and receiving are one.