Remember about the role you play in a credit

When we work in partnership, it is important that we honor our word and do what we agreed to do. When we do this, we demonstrate in action that we are willing to deliver what we’ve promised. Thus we enable others to feel confident that we will do our part and to concentrate on keeping up their end of the agreement.

Failing to do our part undermines the alliance. Rather than working to complete the task, time must be spent to rebuild the trust in the relationship. Over time, the partnership will dissolve because one party or the other will no longer find value in the relationship.

A primary reason partnerships are formed is to help us accomplish a task we do not have the skills to do ourselves. It is important that partners accurately assess their competencies and technical capabilities— both their strengths and weaknesses. When a partner is caught offguard by the other’s failure to deliver what he promised, this has serious repercussions on both the task and relationship elements of the alliance. It undermines the trust in the alliance and, consequently, the relationship.

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