When green is not enough
Reported activity and healthy numbers can hide a business that depends on people continually stepping in.
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The Watermelon Manager
Why healthy numbers do not always mean a healthy partner business.
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THE PREMISE
What would work without the rescue?
Jonas keeps the deals moving. He solves problems, bridges gaps and makes the partner business look reliable. Then he begins to see what that reliability really depends on.
For leaders and partner managers who have wondered what would still work if they stopped intervening.
Inside the thinking
From fixer to architect
The question shifts from solving the next problem to understanding why the same problems keep returning.
What carries the business?
A programme can be in place while contribution, commitments and ownership remain unclear.
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