Not surprisingly, it's rarely acknowledged that partnership can be about learning how to work with organisations that frustrate, upset or irritate you. Your partner may want to do things that run counter to your own processes; or they may have expectations that don’t at all match yours. In these circumstances it’s easy to get disillusioned with an organisation that's so different to your own.
The reality you need to face is that you're not going to be able to change them. In fact, you don't even have to like them. Just identify where you need to interface successfully – and make those interfaces work for all parties.
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