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…the impact of money on an employee’s sense of achievement is lost when participation is not accompanied by financial return.

Studies of supplier relations reveal substantial benefits from a partnership relationship, especially in the quality of the products or services the supplier provides…

When [people are treated as partners], the positive effects – the willingness of people to go all out in their performance – are profound.

…strong values – an inspiring purpose coupled with genuine cohesiveness as partners – generates a resilience that is immeasurably important as an organization’s conditions change.

Being partners has… a number of different attributes, including open communications up, down, and across the organization, joint decision making, mutual assistance, and respectful interaction.

…unchangeable core values provide the partners with a steady and shared compass for navigating the inevitable storms of business life.

More often than not, great leaders – those who build organizations with sustained high performance – do so through cultures of partnership.

…genuine leadership… is congruent in all aspects only with a Partnership culture.

Partnership works because it harnesses the natural motivation and enthusiasm that is characteristic of the overwhelming majority of workers.

The grim reality is that most startups fail.