About this course

Proficiency Area: Resource Generating.

Partnership is an organization's ability to establish effective partnerships and collaborations with others to maximize the use of resources.

In the first lesson toward your gold Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Using key psychological principles of human needs to build partnership motivation.

  • Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to better understand what drives you--and your partners.

  • Deducing the roots of high- and low-motivation behaviors in our colleagues and partners.

  • How the concept of belonging can build motivation and effectiveness in your own team.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Motivation in Partnership Lens

    1. Getting Motivated about Partnership

    2. Understanding the Motivation of our Partners

    3. Check your learning

    1. Getting (and Staying!) Motivated about Partnership

About this course

  • Free
  • 7 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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