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1. Partner organizations take your organization’s opinions seriously when decisions are made about the collaboration.

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2. Your organization brainstorms with partner organizations to develop solutions to mission-related problems facing the collaboration.

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3. You, as a representative of your organization in the collaboration, understand your organization’s roles and responsibilities as a member of the collaboration.

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4. Partner organization meetings accomplish what is necessary for the collaboration to function well.

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5. Partner organizations (including your organization) agree about the goals of the collaboration.

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6. Your organization’s tasks in the collaboration are well coordinated with those of partner organizations.

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7. The collaboration hinders your organization from meeting its own organizational mission.

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8. Your organization’s independence is affected by having to work with partner organizations on activities related to the collaboration.

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9. You, as a representative of your organization, feel pulled between trying to meet both your organization’s and the collaboration’s expectations.

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10. Partner organizations (including your organization) have combined and used each other’s resources so all partners benefit from collaborating.

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11. Your organization shares information with partner organizations that will strengthen their operations and programs.

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12. You feel what your organization brings to the collaboration is appreciated and respected by partner organizations.

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13. Your organization achieves its own goals better working with partner organizations than working alone.

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14. Partner organizations (including your organization) work through differences to arrive at win-win solutions.

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15. The people who represent partner organizations in the collaboration are trustworthy.

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16. My organization can count on each partner organization to meet its obligations to the collaboration.

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17. Your organization feels it worthwhile to stay and work with partner organizations rather than leave the collaboration.

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