Can your partnerships actually scale—or are they just good intentions?

Many leaders confuse volume for value and "partner" for "vendor." But as David Johnson, CEO of Vervent, explains—real partnership is a strategic lever for growth and resilience, not just a nice-to-have.

In this deep-dive episode, you’ll learn:

1. A proven 3-part framework to identify and grow strategic partnerships
2. Why integrity, not innovation, is your real growth multiplier
3. How to balance risk, regulation, and go-to-market velocity

🎧 Listen now to redefine how you scale through partnership and growth.

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The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

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Are you building partnerships that actually work or just deals that eventually die?

Damon Lembi, CEO of Learnit, shares 30+ years of lessons from growing a 2-million-learner business and surviving the dot-com bust. In this episode:

1. Learn the “Ideal” framework to pressure-test any partnership
2. Discover the biggest growth mistake Damon made—and how he’d fix it
3. Reframe training as your most powerful revenue unlock, not a cost

Listen now to reimagine how partnerships and growth really scale.

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

Subscribe to the Wednesday Partnership Newsletter (and get immediate access to my Frameworks Vault)

Find me on LinkedIn

The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

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