“Some of the biggest business successes are attributed to unique partnerships at their origin: Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s.
In her new book Partnering, out next week, Jean Oelwang argues that partnerships are at the core of most significant human achievements. Oelwang, the founding president and CEO of Virgin’s Unite foundation, defines partnerships somewhat broadly, focusing on professional and personal relationships where people have “Deep Connections” that equip them to advance toward a goal and unite others around them.”
