Navigating Working with your Partner Powerfully: The Trials and Tribulations for Briony & Dalaney
Briony & Dalaney have been life and business partners since they met at a personal growth seminar in 2019. In this blog, they share they’re experiences, insights, and strategies that have contributed to a harmonious and successful collaboration. Below are 7 secrets to creating a successful business and romantic relationship.
The Unfair Advantage of Partnerships
Choosing to work together as life and business partners provides a unique advantage in many aspects. With shared values, vision, and commitment to personal growth, it can be an incredible opportunityt to leverage each other's strengths and talents. Being in business and life together means you can fostering an environment where everything you learn contributes to your collective success.
2. Understanding Each Other's Strengths
A fundamental aspect of their successful partnership has been understanding each other's strengths. They have become deeply skilled at identifying their individual strengths and leveraging them to their advantage. Knowing each other's strengths allows them to complement and support one another better, leading to fewer conflicts and smoother collaboration. They highly recommend the Clifton Strengths report as a valuable tool for gaining insight into your strengths.
3. Embracing Conflict and Communication
This journey has been extraordinary, but not without its challenges. Conflict resolution and effective communication have been crucial to their success as both a couple and co-creators. It is critical to prioritise learning effective communication frameworks, take personality assessments, and embrace self-inquiry to understand each other's strengths and perspectives better. Some of their favourites are Human Design, Gene Keys, Love Languages, Attachment Styles, and Clifton Strengths.
4. Navigating Co-Dependency and Boundaries
They encountered co-dependency issues as the lines of life and business can get blurred - so it became critical to set some clear boundaries. Through self-awareness and guidance from coaches, they created a structure that allowed them to thrive both individually and as a couple. A couple of key things was a dedicated office space away from home with their own seperate workspaces, clear times of day they focus on deep work, open communication around boundaries they each needed to feel safe and personal realtionship date nights and weekends away with no business chat.
5. Asking for and Honoring Needs
And at the very same time, rather than rigidly setting too boundaries, Briony & Dalaney focus on asking for and honoring each other's needs. Every morning, they start our day by asking, "What do you need today?" This simple question helps them be attuned to their individual needs and provides an opportunity to support each other in meeting them. By prioritizing our well-being and emotional health, they enhance their ability to work together effectively.
6. Healing Together
Understanding each other's core wounds and traumas allows them to prevent conflicts from arising. They have created a safe space for open communication, enabling them to address any underlying emotional triggers before they escalate into conflicts. Regularly addressing breaches of trust or commitments helps maintain a strong foundation of trust in their partnership.
7. Complimenting Different Operating Systems
Briony & Dalaney have very different operating systems, ways of thinking, and energy levels. Instead of trying to be the same, they embrace these differences and use them to their advantage. By acknowledging and supporting each other's unique needs and work styles, we create an environment where both of us can thrive.
Building a strong partnership in business and leadership requires a deep understanding of each other's strengths, needs, and emotional wounds. By fostering open communication, mutual support, and respect for individual differences, Briony & Dalaney demonstrate how a harmonious and successful working relationship can be achieved.
If you're looking to enhance your partnership, start by understanding and honoring each other's strengths and needs - it's the key to a flourishing collaboration and tune into this podcast episode below!
