I've just made a flagship program free


Hi Reader,

If you've been here for a while you know the importance I place on partnerships as a way to grow organisations. I've closed 250+ deals that have materially changed the trajectories of my businesses and those of the leaders I coach.

In 2025, I converted that knowledge into a program that included nine self-paced video tutorials, templates, workbooks and ChatGPT-based AI-assistants. This program, called The Partnership Lab, helped students to dramatically accelerate the identification of new partners and close high-value deals that changed the game their business was playing.

Today I'm writing to let you know that you can access the entire program for free.

In return, I have a simple ask.

Put this knowledge and tools to good use, and share this email with one other person who could benefit from it.

Over to you, and I hope the week's closing out well for you.

See you next Wednesday.

Cheers, Phil

Phil Hayes-St Clair
CEO Coach

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