Building a Collaborative Environment
Lico Reis Consultoria e LĂnguas Roberto Lico Jr.
Building a Collaborative Environment Introduction
• Most experts agree that collaboration in business provides greater accomplishment. • When it works, the combined brainpower of people can solve problems and achieve amazing results.
Building a Collaborative Environment Introduction • Teams are expected to produce results, but performance is damaged when team members do not work well together. • A collaborative team environment is essential for the team's success.
Building a Collaborative Environment Important • Still many people hesitate before engaging others in their process. • Most people have horror stories of a collaboration that went bad. • And often it seems a hassle to manage the needs and personalities of others when pressure is high and time is short.
Building a Collaborative Environment 01. Have a common purpose and goal A team is defined as a group of people working together toward a common goal.
Great Tips: Create and/or review the team's purpose. Discuss why the team exists. Allow each team member to express commitment. Create mottoes, symbols, awards, or posters that portray the team as one unit. Use the common purpose to prioritize team actions.
Building a Collaborative Environment 02. Trust each other
Team members must trust each other if they are to work together successfully.
Great Tips: Be honest. Work to eliminate conflicts of interests. Avoid talking behind each other's back. Trust teammates (you must trust them before they will trust you). Give team members the benefit of the doubt.
Building a Collaborative Environment 03. Clarify roles Knowing everyone's role and being familiar with the responsibility of those roles create efficiency and flexibility. Great Tips: Review team members' roles frequently. Relate team member expectations to the team's overall purpose. Clarify responsibilities when action planning. Learn what others do on the team. Figure out ways to help each other.
Building a Collaborative Environment 04. Communicate openly and effectively
Miscommunication can create hard feelings and undermine the success of the team.
Great Tips: Avoid and work to clear misunderstandings quickly and accurately. Seek to understand all angles. Take responsibility for being heard and understood.
Building a Collaborative Environment 05. Appreciate diversity Team members come from all walks of life, with different backgrounds and perspectives. Great Tips:
Remember that reasonable people can help a lot. Try to learn as much as you can from others. Evaluate a new idea based on its merits. Avoid remarks that draw negative attention to a person's unique characteristics. Don't ignore the differences among team members.
Building a Collaborative Environment 06. Balance the Team's Focus Team members need to recognize that they should measure and monitor the products and services the team provides as well as the team's internal group dynamics and relationships. Great Tips: Regularly review and evaluate the effectiveness of team meetings. Hold team celebrations for achieving results. Praise individual effort. Design individual performance goals that emphasize both results and teamwork.
Building a Collaborative Environment Our main source – Thank you!
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https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/performance-
management/teams/building-a-collaborativeteam-environment/
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http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/how-smartpeople-collaborate-for-success.html
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaswyman/2 015/09/01/why-we-desperately-need-to-bringback-vocational-training-in-schools/
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