Collaboration is one of the main words you need to understand and practice to thrive.
As Michael McKinney recently wrote on his blog, “The challenge facing any leader is turning individual action into collective power.”
Most people don't want to be spectators at work. Call them to be involved. Ask for their contribution. Invite them to participate. Continue reading »
I have been reading M. Gladwell’s latest book “Outliers” and have confirmed once again how it truly “takes a village,” not only to raise a child, as Mrs. Clinton wrote in her well known book, but also to reach your human potential. Gladwell contends that “the culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forbearers shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.”
If we are to succeed in the present business climate, it is imperative to look at the “ecology” of our organizations and finds ways to work together. Research shows that leaders believe we need collaboration skills more than anything else. There is a strong need for developing a supportive community in the workplace if we want to succeed in our present world.
How Dialogue and Collaboration can Help Accelerate Change.- In his State of the State Address, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland talked about what the state has been able to do and continues doing through dialogue and collaboration. Especially compelling is what Ohio’s public education system is doing to "reconceive" their educational system.
What might have been a catastrophe in New York was averted by a pilot’s quick thinking and deft maneuvers, and by the swift collaboration of near rescue boats, a combination that witnesses and officials called miraculous.
