The Dynamics of Workplace Collaboration

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This chapter explores the intricate nature of collaboration in the workplace, emphasizing the lack of formal education on effective teamwork. It highlights the mixed experiences of employees, discussing how conflict can spur growth while stressing the importance of respect and trust even in challenging interactions.

Deb Mashek reveals the critical factors that make workplace collaborations less painful and more productive.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The key ingredients of great collaboration

2) Why hiring good collaborators isn’t enough

3) The key questions to kickstart great collaborations

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— ABOUT DEB —

Dr. Deb Mashek, PhD is an experienced business advisor, professor, higher education administrator, and national nonprofit executive. She is the author of the book Collabor(h)ate: How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone).

Named one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, she has been featured in media outlets including MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed, Reason, Business Week, University Business Insider, and The Hill. She writes regularly for Reworked and Psychology Today.

Deb is the founder of Myco Consulting LLC, where she helps networked organizations (e.g., consortia, collaboratives, associations, federations, etc.) avoid the predictable pitfalls of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives so that they can drive impact and achieve big visions. A member of the Association for Collaborative Leadership, Deb has been an invited speaker on collaboration and viewpoint diversity at leading organizations including the United Nations, Siemens, and the American Psychological Association.

• Book: Collabor(h)ate: How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone)

• Book Website: Collaborhate.com

• Website: DebMashek.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: "36 Questions to Fall In Love"

• Book: The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey

• Research: "The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings" by Arthur Aaron, Edward Melinat, Elaine Aaron, Robert Vallone, Renee Bator

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