The partnership charter: how to start out right with your new business partnership (or fix the one you're in)

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In The Partnership Charter, psychologist and business mediation expert David Gage offers a comprehensive guide to the art of establishing and maintaining a business partnership. The centerpiece of his approach is the Partnership Charter, a document that clearly outlines the goals, expectations, responsibilities, and relationships of the principals. The charter identifies potential sources of conflict and how they will be resolved, while addressing such sensitive issues as personal styles, values, money, and power. Illustrating every principle through engaging stories drawn from Gage's front-line experience consulting to business partners, as well as interviews with the founding partners of such successful businesses as Progressive Insurance Company and Manpower, Inc., The Partnership Charter dispels common myths and presents a practical framework for launching, building, and sustaining a thriving business partnership.;PREFACE; PART ONE PARTNER FUNDAMENTALS; CHAPTER 1 The Rewards (and Risks) of Going into Business Together; CHAPTER 2 Starting down the Right Path: A Partnership Charter; PART TWO IT'S JUST BUSINESS; CHAPTER 3 Partners' Vision and Strategic Direction; CHAPTER 4 Pieces of the Pie: Ownership Issues; CHAPTER 5 Roles and Titles, Power and Status; CHAPTER 6 Money: Taking It Out, and Sharing It; CHAPTER 7 Governance; PART THREE THE INTIMATE SIDE OF BEING PARTNERS; CHAPTER 8 Personal Styles and Working Together; CHAPTER 9 Partners' Personal Values; CHAPTER 10 Is It Fair? PREFACE PART ONE PARTNER FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1 The Rewards (and Risks) of Going into Business Together CHAPTER 2 Starting down the Right Path: A Partnership Charter PART TWO IT'S JUST BUSINESS CHAPTER 3 Partners' Vision and Strategic Direction CHAPTER 4 Pieces of the Pie: Ownership Issues CHAPTER 5 Roles and Titles, Power and Status CHAPTER 6 Money: Taking It Out, and Sharing It CHAPTER 7 Governance PART THREE THE INTIMATE SIDE OF BEING PARTNERS CHAPTER 8 Personal Styles and Working Together CHAPTER 9 Partners' Personal Values CHAPTER 10 Is It Fair? CHAPTER 11 Getting What You Wish For: The Power of ExpectationsPART FOUR THE FUTURE IS SOONER THAN YOU THINK CHAPTER 12 Just Suppose: Scenario Planning for Partners CHAPTER 13 Essentials of Resolving Conflict APPENDIX: STAR SYSTEMS' PARTNERSHIP CHARTER NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX.