The Results we Promise

Strategic RelationShift^SM is a systematic, strategically focused, results-based, on-site program. Our commitment is to produce concrete, measurable results that far exceed what the alliance would have produced on its own. Your alliance team will gain from the program:

• Powerful Strategic Plan to attain a measurable quantum leap over past performance

• New Breakthrough-Based Alliance Culture augmented with advanced communication, management, & teamwork tools to deliver high performance

• Revitalized and Re-committed Partnership with 100% commitment from the alliance members to attain its mission & goals

• Action Plans and a 120-day Re-launch Plan, written in detail, with commitments   

• Customer Value Proposition to deliver top notch satisfaction to the customer

• Self-Regeneration Mechanisms for staying on track and fixing future breakdowns

Designed and Led by Alliance Experts

Based on their extensive alliance experience, Strategic RelationShift^SM program is designed and led by Robert Porter Lynch and other Warren Company associate team members as required.

Mr. Lynch is America's leading expert in the field of alliance strategy and operations. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Business Alliances: The Hidden Competitive Weapon, The Alliance Manager’s Handbook, and numerous articles on alliances. Executives from nearly 2,000 corporations have attended his workshops. Among his clients have been Cisco, Dow, Dupont, P&G, Prudential, IBM, GE, and numerous others in the electronics, chemical, automotive, medical, defense, insurance, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries. He holds degrees from Brown University and Harvard University. Robert is also Founding Chairman of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals.

The Program Design

Unique in its content and impact, Strategic RelationShift^SM is a revolutionary program which includes action planning, training and coaching for existing alliances. Attended by teams from both companies, the program begins with a diagnostic survey research up-front to pinpoint the critical issues blocking current performance.

At the heart of every Strategic RelationShift^SM program are rigorous group work sessions (which can often be compacted into as short as 2 days) to provide your team with the essential architecture for successful alliances... real-world advice...team exercises that apply the program to your alliance right on the spot... pertinent case examples ...insights into what's currently missing in your alliance...and practical state-of-the-art break-through tools to increase communication, teamwork, and results.

This rigorous and rewarding program can be tailored with a series of optional modules to provide state-of-the-art capabilities such as:

• Alliance Capability Building in Best Practices
• Metrics to clearly define success
• Innovation Best Practices.

Who Should Attend

Strategic RelationShift^SM is designed to create a powerful impact on alliances.

Therefore, those chosen to attend the three day workshop should be prepared, ready and able to make key commitments and decisions necessary to achieve synergy and breakthrough performance. Those who need be included:

• – Key Stakeholders
• – Senior Executive Champions
• – Alliance Managers
• – Operational Decision-makers
   Responsible for the Alliance’s Performance