Partnering as a key strategy of managing to outcomes

More than ever, administrators need "great" materiel managers to produce board room-worthy results. What are those? Administrators are less interested in the details of what we do and more interested in what have we done for them--today. This means performance output with less time and support for the why and how we get the job done. Are we delivering on the desired outcomes? In many instances we have become victims of the details of the profession, forgetting that the details, while important to sustain a process, are not in themselves the process or the solution needed for our troubled industry.