Create a workable commitment
Move from a general intention to clarity about what happens next and who needs to be involved.
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Escape the Watermelon
The daily work of creating commitment without formal authority.
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THE PREMISE
From the idea to the work.
The Monday after the strategy discussion still brings competing priorities, open questions and commitments that need to become real.
For partner managers working across organisational boundaries who need to move business forward without controlling every participant.
Inside the thinking
Work across boundaries
Address the day-to-day friction between teams and organisations without assuming authority you do not have.
Keep the work connected
Bring operational choices back to the contribution the business actually needs.
This overview describes the book’s themes. It is not a manuscript excerpt.
THE AUTHOR
Matthias Höfelmeyer
I’ve led partner business and worked hands-on with partners. That experience shapes the question behind my books: what does the business need partners to contribute, and what must be in place for that to happen?
Meet MatthiasFrom reading to your own situation.
A book gives you a perspective to test. Advisory work examines your strategy, your current setup and the choices in front of you.
Explore working togetherYOUR NEXT MOVE
What do you need
to achieve?
Tell me what needs to happen and where your partner business stands today. That gives us a starting point.
Start with your challenge