10 key barriers with partner collaboration

1. Culture differences. Different organizations have different values and ways of doing things.
2. Poor alignment. Organizational goals and incentive conflicts.
3. Contracts and legal. Poor drawn up contracts or lack of contracts.
4. Accountability issues. Overlapping processes and unclear accountability issues.
5. Competing partners. Conflict of interests with competing organizations.
6. Lack of leadership. Lack of leadership to drive the collaboration process forward.
7. Communication. Poor communication between partners and lack of knowledge sharing.
8. Technology barriers. Integrating ERP and other tech systems provide unique challenges.
9. Unclear benefits. Benefits are not clear to all parties or are sometimes understated.
10. Corrective actions. Fail to identify problems and implement corrective actions.