Albert Zachik, M.D., Director

1

Building a Partnershipin Maryland

• Albert Zachik, M.D., Director
• Child Adolescent Services
• Mental Hygiene Administration
• Jane Walker, Director
• Maryland Coalition of Families
• for Childrens Mental Health

2
History of the Family Movement In Maryland

• A decade of conflict and mistrust between several
  independent family organizations
• Personality clashes little accomplished
• If we are together nothing is impossible.
• If we are divided, all will fail.
• Winston Churchill

3
A Coalition Emerges

• 1999 The Mental Hygiene Administration funds
  one organization a coalition!
• A partnership begins!
• Leadership has a harder job to do than just
  choosing sides.
• It must bring sides together.
• 
  Jesse Jackson

4
Collaborative Efforts

• Marylands Blueprint for Childrens Mental Health
  
• Family Leadership Institute
• Youth MOVE

5
Building a Partnership

• Respect
• You have to earn it you have to give it
• Respect for the person and the position
• You dont claim leadership, you earn it.
• Sheila Murray Bethel

6
Building a Partnership

• Trust
• Build credibility do your homework and gather
  facts
• Keep confidences
• Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though
  you can fix it the vase will never be same
  again.
• Unknown

7
Building a Partnership

• Shared goals
• Work in our respective worlds on shared
  goals
• Constrains that might prevent us from doing
  what we want to do
• Find people who are competent and really bright,
  but more importantly, people who care exactly
  about the same things you care about."
  Steve Jobs

8
Sustaining a Partnership

• Open, ongoing communication
• Regular calls, meetings
• No surprises
• Good communication is as stimulating
• as black coffee.
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh

9
Sustaining a Partnership

• Support each other
• In meetings
• In public forums
• Offer rather than demand
• People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not
  true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers,
  sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the
  radio the other guy took the engine. David
  Letterman

10
Sustaining a Partnership

• Stay Focused on Goals
• Leave your baggage at the door
• Take the long view systems change takes time
• Leaders can conceive and articulate goals that
  unite people in pursuit of objectives worthy of
  their best efforts.
• John Gardner

11
Sustaining a Partnership

• Agree to disagree
• Respect each others positions
• To disagree, one doesnt need to be
  disagreeable.
• Barry Goldwater

12
Rewards of a Partnership

• Accomplish more together
• Long term impact
• Role model for other staff, agencies, systems
• Create a culture shift
• Personal rewards /Professional relationships
  

13
In the end

• Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in
  hand. You need the hard work because it's such a
  tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out.
  You need togetherness because you don't always
  win, and you gotta hang though together.
• Tony Dungy
• Coach
• Indianiapolis Colts