From the course: Creating a Culture of Collaboration

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Commit to collaboration

Commit to collaboration

From the course: Creating a Culture of Collaboration

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Commit to collaboration

- In a recent study of multinational companies, from Marriot to the BBC, Harvard Business Review found several common traits for teams that demonstrated high levels of collaborative behaviors. Chief among them? Leaders who champion collaboration. To shift the concept of collaboration from mere talk to an actual walk, lead your leadership team through a technique called Commit to Collaboration. And starting at the top level, it's designed to get your entire org engaged in collaborative behaviors by asking three questions. Question one: what three activities can you start doing today to be more collaborative? Now examples of activities might include, "I'll devote x hours a week to collaborating with "x department or y person," or "I'll mentor x number "of teams or individuals," or "I'll seek out "one new perspective a week by engaging in dialogue "with a different person, employee, or external resource." And question two: as an…

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