Understanding Collaboration

Collaboration is a journey that begins with an understanding about how it’s being defined and what it means to participate as an authentic partner. Begin by getting a clear picture in your own mind. Then you’ll be equipped to help others develop a shared perspective, including your management leadership team, Board members and your collaboration partners.

REfLECTIVE QUESTIONS
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Determining whether you can be a truly authentic collaboration partner and understanding the nature of your collaboration will allow you to invest your resources more wisely. It will ensure that people aren’t confusing collaboration with other types of relationships, like stakeholder engagements, or with other kinds of actions, like mergers. You’ll also determine, before you’re deep into a collaboration, whether your organization is ready to share joint responsibility and accountability and commit to collective outcomes.
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PRACTICAL TOOLS

  • Facts About Collaboration (pdf)
  • Definition and Characteristics of Authentic Collaboration (pdf)
  • Facts About Collaboration (pdf)
REfLECTIVE QUESTIONS
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Determining whether you can be a truly authentic collaboration partner and understanding the nature of your collaboration will allow you to invest your resources more wisely. It will ensure that people aren’t confusing collaboration with other types of relationships, like stakeholder engagements, or with other kinds of actions, like mergers. You’ll also determine, before you’re deep into a collaboration, whether your organization is ready to share joint responsibility and accountability and commit to collective outcomes.
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