We help you get alignment through
Strategic Partnerships
We provide a framework of five online courses via our academy that leads to certification in SDBP® Practitioner through online exams and a peer reviewed case study. SDBP® Stands for Strategic Digital Business Partner.
RELATIONSHIP
How to:
Earn Respect
Deal with politics
Get your voice heard
Understand the "real" agenda
Get alignment
Come up with a communication plan for your idea.
VALUE
How to:
Focus on customers
Identify Value (need vs. activity)
Measure Value
Troubleshoot poor performance
Deliver improvement
STRATEGY
How to:
Define a strategy
Communicate a strategy
Use basic innovation tools to populate ideas
Show the impact of change with capability maps
Build a roadmap
PORTFOLIO
How to:
Set up executive decision making
Validate and Prioritise ideas
Manage requests and delivery expectations
Use ROI and risk decision criteria
Balance activity with respect to outcomes
Maximise return and reduce risk through project and service delivery
Manage technical debt
CHANGE
How to:
Define a problem that everyone believes in
Create a compelling case for Strategic Partnerships
Think of yourself as a leader
Do an impact assessment and create a future vision
Define a plan to successfully deliver change
Define roles and competencies
Get support and overcome resistance from sponsors and stakeholders
Online Training and Coaching
Discover how we share the secrets of strategic partnering success
Delivery of the course was excellent with the right balance of theory and practice, engaging conversations and real life examples. Jon understands complexities and challenges of the role and delivers meaningful examples and techniques as a response. Excellent training - I would highly recommend to both aspiring and established Partners.
Agnieszka Jankowska, Faculty Relationship Manager, Queen Mary, University of London
From awareness to engagement, there has been a fundamental shift in thinking based on Baxter Thompson's experience – a great step forward for us!
Rob Duncan, CISO Euronext Ltd
The Baxter Thompson Associates led course I had was a great experience for me. I have +20 years of IT experience myself and still gained a lot of knowledge after completing this course. A special thank you to the trainer (Jon) for doing such a great job in training me and giving me valuable information. I now feel more confident when approaching my business partners and continue to create value for them.
Johan Branders, IT Director EMEA , VF Europe
We got fantastic clarity on our future direction and understood how projects delivered against our objectives
Tony Lewis, Head of Member Marketing
