reviews:

“Like the concept of collaboration or loath it, the world we live in is increasingly dependant on the principles discussed in Archer and Cameron’s book. An easy to read, but insightful book on establishing collaborative working arrangements in supplier networks, Collaborative Leadership will help understand the realities of partnering within complex client supplier networks.”
Nicholas Hallett,
Technical Director for Mott MacDonald

"This is an important and original book, focussing as it does on collaboration across boundaries – much discussed; accepted , maybe too readily, as a good thing in the abstract, but often without the realisation that it takes a lot of hard yakka on all sides to make meaningful partnerships effective. The authors provide interesting and thought-provoking case studies, and a helpful toolkit of good, and bad, practice. If anyone doubted the relevance of collaboration, connectivity, and effective leadership in today's small world, they must have been asleep as the cataclysmic financial events of 2008 unfolded. It's a book which is relevant to business and public sector leaders alike. Read it and draw your own conclusions."
Sir Ian Magee
CB Fellow of the Institute for Government and Senior Advisor Booz and Company

"In all kinds of business, collaboration is here to stay.  But collaboration is not easy, and the business bookshelves have been strangely silent on this important subject.  Now David Archer and Alex Cameron have created a guide that helps business leaders understand what kind of collaboration is right for them, and how to make it work.  'Collaborative Leadership' is a good read and a source of valuable advice for anyone who is trying to make collaboration work." 
Andrew Sharpe,
Director of Standards and Technical Services, Rail Safety and Standards Board

“It’s easy to talk the talk of partnership but much more difficult to make partnerships work really well.  This book gives great insights into the nature of partnerships and many practical ideas on how to make them work effectively”
Andrew Summers
CMG Chairman Companies House

"Today’s complex and messy problems demand better collaboration and new skills in leadership. Archer and Cameron bring both good stories and very readable advice"
Dr Keith Ruddle
Fellow in Leadership, Organisation and Change,  Said Business School, Oxford University

It’s easy to talk the talk of partnership but much more difficult to make partnerships work really well.  This book gives great insights into the nature of partnerships and many practical ideas on how to make them work effectively.

Andrew Summers
CMG Chairman Companies House