Principles of Effective Collaboration | Origin: AD107
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Connecting with Today's Students --> Principles of Effective Collaboration
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Effective team collaboration requires to have an open mind and an ability to acknowledge weaknesses and strengths on a personal and group level
Effective collaboration requires dealing with inherent conflict, communication, self respect and respect for others points of view.
It's important to look at the big picture and get everyone on the same page about sharing solutions. It is also important to respect everyone's ideas and opinions and be open minded to them.
I have learned that effective collaboration does not mean always agreeing or getting along, but rather managing conflicts in a constructive way.
I understood that it is essential to defend one’s own ideas with respect and keep an open mind toward different perspectives.
I also realized that clear rules and processes strengthen interactions and help achieve goals.
Finally, I confirmed that teams that resolve differences and generate solutions achieve the best results.
Sharing a common goal, interest and supporting one another go a long way in collaboration. Win together, lose together, improve together.
In our current office, I am seeing ways that collaboration can make our department stronger and provide better customer service to our clients.
It seems like everyone on my team are striving to collaborate, keep communication open, and are open to changes. We all have the same common goal and that is to help students succeed. Of course we don't agree on every single thing and that's perfectly ok, but we are respectful of each other and our backgrounds so we can effectively work together as a group.
Working more effectively with all of the team proves better results. I need to learn to be more open minded with other departments to provide a overall better experience for our students.
Conflict is not exclusively negative when collaborating. The Principles for Effective Collaboration allow for groups to achieve their goals.
When collaborating with the team, it helps to know your values but also engage with the team to learn theirs. That way, a common goal can be shared and strived towards.
I learned we have to effectively communicate and collaboration to achieve our goals. Whether we agree or disagree we need to find a solution that is best for company, students, ECT.
Successful collaboration relies on clear communication, active listening, shared goals, and mutual respect.
Collaboration involves engaging with your team and expressing your viewpoints, whether in agreement or disagreement, to develop a unified plan.
While many people want to avoid conflict it will ultimately help a team to be successful. It allows for better ideas to come to light and can inspire creativity when brainstorming for new ideas.
understanding each other and having a shared system of values and goals supports an environment of collaboration
Successes and failures are shared, it is important to discuss the potential for both prior to starting so that everyone is on the same page. Once complete, everyone should be able to own and share in the failure, or celebrate and acknowledge the success!
I learned how to collaborate more effectively by using the 5 principles.
Comment on Evelyn Zelada's post: I agree. I look forward to applying it to ours as well
Collaboration allows constant improvement and learning - the 5 principles are a definite key in the work place.
