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

Jul 29, 2024

38:54

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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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Quick takeaways

Successful collaboration is fundamental yet often neglected in training, emphasizing the need for formal education on relationship-building skills.

High quality relationships enhance teamwork effectiveness, highlighting the importance of genuine engagement and proactive communication in fostering trust.

Deep dives

The Value of Collaboration Education

Collaboration is a vital skill demanded by employers, yet most individuals lack formal education on how to collaborate effectively. Many people go through education and training focused on technical skills without learning how to build collaborative relationships. This gap is striking, considering that successful collaboration is crucial in the workplace and influences both individual and team performance. In essence, while organizations seek out collaborative employees, the means to develop those skills is often absent from their training environments.

Intro

2min

The Dynamics of Workplace Collaboration

5min

The Maschic Matrix: Enhancing Collaboration

27min

Building Closeness Through Vulnerability

3min

Harnessing Tools and Habits for Workplace Success

2min

Unlocking the Power of Collaboration in Relationships

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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