A pioneer in partnering intelligence theory, research and application. His book, Partnering Intelligence: Creating Value for Your Business by Building Strong Alliances, describes how smart partners build effective internal and external business alliances that create sustainable competitive advantage. This was listed as one of the top 30 business books for the year 2000. He has over 20 years experience helping companies improve performance and operating margins through strategy, quality, process and partnership improvement methods. Prior to founding the Partnership Continuum, Stephen was a Partner and Senior VP for Six Sigma-Qualtec, where he delivered quality, process improvement and partnership workshops before founding Partnership Continuum Inc.
