Coastal Glass Company provides bottles to the major beverage companies in the United States. Coastal knows it needs to build partnering relationships with each of the beverage companies, and the beverage companies know that Coastal is important to them. What will both sides need to do to build and maintain a partnering relationship?
What will be an ideal response?
First, both sides need to build mutual trust. Both sides must do what they say they will do. Second, both sides need to share information openly, develop forecasts, and coordinate operations. Third, they need to share common goals. If either side takes only a short-term profitability focus, then both sides could lose the benefits of a long-term relationship. Last, both sides need to make a credible commitment to each other, investing in the relationship.
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High quality exchanges between leaders and followers produce ______.
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What will be an ideal response?