The Partnership Playbook: Unlock Business Growth, Build Systems, Reclaim Time – Details, episodes & analysis

What happens when a grassroots movement grows faster than the platform it supports?

Anna McAfee helped co-create LinkedIn Local, an initiative that organically scaled to over 1,000 cities and 96 countries—without formal LinkedIn endorsement. But when it came time to align with the platform... things didn’t go as expected.

1. Learn how to spark platform-native movements that spread globally.
2. Understand why legal missteps can quietly erode community momentum.
3. Discover how to protect your idea and values—even if you don’t own the rails.

🎧 Listen in for a cautionary, courageous story of partnerships, scale, and what to protect.

New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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Get 100 proven partnership tactics to earn trust and drive growth through high-value partnerships

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This podcast explores business growth through strategic partnerships for sales and marketing leaders, emphasising revenue growth and supply chain management by closing high-value partnerships, identifying the right partners, and building strong relationships based on trust, mutual value, and insights gained from reverse engineering partnerships.

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What if the way you run meetings could make or break your Partnerships?

Dr. Steven Rogelberg, the world’s leading expert on meetings, shares how intentionality, the stewardship mindset, and smarter meeting strategies can drive better business outcomes, stronger relationships, and greater collaboration. In this episode learn:

✅ How to make every meeting count and strengthen your Partnerships.

✅ Why most people overestimate their ability to run effective meetings.

✅ Practical ways to avoid meeting hangovers and reclaim valuable time.

Press play now to learn how small changes in your meetings can transform your Partnerships, leadership, and productivity!

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Surprising Science of Meetings & Glad We Met by Dr. Steven Rogelberg

🌐 Learn more: Website

🔗 Connect with Steven on LinkedIn

New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

Get 100 proven partnership tactics to earn trust and drive growth through high-value partnerships

Find me on LinkedIn

Book a 1:1 Call

This podcast explores business growth through strategic partnerships for sales and marketing leaders, emphasising revenue growth and supply chain management by closing high-value partnerships, identifying the right partners, and building strong relationships based on trust, mutual value, and insights gained from reverse engineering partnerships.

PS - Have a guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

What if global growth was less about money—and more about mindset?

Larry Namer, co-founder of E! Entertainment, reveals the story behind launching a global media giant with just $2.5M—and the playbook he used to scale into post-Soviet Russia, China, and beyond.

1. Learn how to build partnerships that last decades (not just deals)
2. See why respecting culture beats imposing strategy—every time
3. Hear what most founders get wrong about capital, control, and creative freedom

Listen to this masterclass in partnership and growth—you’ll rethink how your next venture should scale.

New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

Get 100 proven partnership tactics to earn trust and drive growth through high-value partnerships

Find me on LinkedIn

Book a 1:1 Call

This podcast explores business growth through strategic partnerships for sales and marketing leaders, emphasising revenue growth and supply chain management by closing high-value partnerships, identifying the right partners, and building strong relationships based on trust, mutual value, and insights gained from reverse engineering partnerships.

PS - Have a guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

Cath Stone, Executive Director of Donor Experience at Lifeblood, discusses the importance of partnerships in the organization and the impact they have on the donor experience. She highlights the role of partnerships in expanding the reach of Lifeblood's mission and creating a movement of donors.

Cath shares examples of successful partnerships, such as the collaboration with Movember and Cancer Council Australia. She also emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt and be open to partnerships to meet the changing needs of their workforce and communities.

Finally, Cath encourages individuals to be curious and ask questions, and to consider donating blood or plasma as a way to make a difference in someone's life.

• Watch Michael Klim + Lifeblood here
• Book your first or next donation here
• Reach out to Cath Stone on Linkedin

Finally, if you would like to level up your partnership's game, sign up for Phil's free weekly newsletter, Wednesday Partnership.

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In this conversation, Phil interviews Asher Mathew, the co-founder and CEO of Partnership Leaders, about the importance of business partnerships.

They cover:

✅ Future of modern business partnerships

✅ Emergence of the Chief Partner Officer role

✅ Opportunity that partnerships present.

Asher also shares advice for his 20-year-old self and explains who Partnership Leaders is for and who it is not for.

LINKS

Learn more about Partnership Leaders here

Connect with Asher Mathew on LinkedIn

Learn more about Phil Hayes-St Clair here

Meet Tom Gleeson and Chris Huet, two former F-18 fighter pilots turned businessmen. In this episode, we cover:

✅ How partnerships are built and play out in the cockpit

✅ The importance of communication, trust, planning and coordination

✅ How lessons in flight have been applied in successful business careers

CONNECT

Connect with Tom Gleeson, CEO, Kepler Analytics

Connect with Chris Huet, Founder, Understood

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If you tune in regularly to Partnership Plus you know that Phil talks about business and enterprise partnerships. From time to time he also talks about a different type of partnership: How we, both men and women, partner better together on women’s health.

EPISODE LINKS 

• Here is a link to the important video Phil mentioned for men about perimenopause and menopause.
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In this conversation, High-Performance Coach Andy Williams and Phil discuss the power of partnerships in business and life. Phil shares his background and journey into entrepreneurship and highlights the importance of partnerships in building successful businesses.

They discuss the mindset shift required to embrace partnerships and the value of finding shared language and defining success in partnerships. Phil provides practical tips for attracting top-tier partners and driving partnerships towards success. They also emphasise the importance of communication, trust, and becoming a great partner. The conversation explores the power of partnerships in business and personal relationships. It highlights the resilience of business models that rely on partnerships and the value that can be created for all parties involved. The importance of thinking big and leveraging partnerships is emphasised, as well as the need to build the partnership muscle. The conversation also introduces Phil’s Partnership Essentials course available here and the weekly encouragement that comes from the Wednesday Partnership newsletter. It concludes by discussing the significance of partnerships in personal relationships and the impact they have on overall success.

This episode of Partnership+ is a little different. Today, we’re going to take a step towards breaking a taboo and if you have a female partner, strengthening one of your most important partnerships. Because today, we’re talking about menopause.

This is all in service of helping you as a man feel confident to say the following words to your female partner, “I’d like to learn more about menopause so I can support you”.

All links to the doctors, books, podcasts, and tools I mention can be found here > https://philhsc.com/articles/menopause-how-men-can-help

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