Alliance Management and Organizational Culture: A Framework for Defining, Navigating, and Integrating Organizational Cultures

Presented by: Vantage Partners

Speakers:

John Barbadoro, CA-AM | Engagement Leader | Vantage Partners

Sam Stewart | Principal | Vantage Partners

Managing difference is the great challenge of alliance execution. Many differences between alliance partners are tangible — differences in strategy, governance and decision-making, and process, for example, can often be concretely defined and addressed. Organizational culture, however, is often more difficult to define — but cultural differences between alliance partners are quite often the great barrier to effective alignment and joint execution.

In this session, we’ll share and discuss how we can define organizational culture and our differences and engage in a conversation about how to make culture a force for good within an alliance. In this session you will:

• Develop a common language and framework for how to define and discuss organizational culture
• Learn approaches for how to assess the impact of how culture tend to dictate how work gets done across organizations
• Engage in interactive discussion with colleagues about their own organizational culture and how they tend to navigate difference with their partners