982: How to Build Trust, Repair Relationships, and Make Collaborations Great with Dr. Deb Mashek

Jul 29, 2024

In this engaging discussion, Dr. Deb Mashek, a business advisor and professor specializing in workplace collaborations, breaks down the essentials of successful teamwork. She highlights the importance of cultivating trust and respect among colleagues. Dr. Mashek introduces her Maschic Matrix model, which connects relationship quality with effective collaboration. Listeners learn about the power of vulnerability in fostering intimacy and how practical tools can enhance workplace productivity. This conversation offers invaluable insights for anyone looking to improve collaboration in their organization.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

The Dynamics of Workplace Collaboration

01:33 • 5min

The Maschic Matrix: Enhancing Collaboration

06:16 • 27min

Building Closeness Through Vulnerability

32:53 • 3min

Harnessing Tools and Habits for Workplace Success

36:17 • 2min

Unlocking the Power of Collaboration in Relationships

38:03 • 3min

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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