building a collaborative team environment

Building a

Collaborative Environment

Lico Reis Consultoria e Línguas

Roberto Lico Jr.

• Most experts agree that

collaboration in business

provides greater

accomplishment.

• When it works, the

combined brainpower of

people can solve problems

and achieve amazing

results.

Building a Collaborative Environment

Introduction

• Teams are expected to

produce results, but

performance is

damaged when team

members do not work

well together.

• A collaborative team

environment is

essential for the team's

success.


Introduction

• Still many people hesitate before

engaging others in their process.

• Most people have horror stories

of a collaboration that went bad.

• And often it seems a hassle to

manage the needs and

personalities of others when

pressure is high and time is

short.


Important

A team is defined as a group of people

working together toward a common goal.


01. Have a common purpose and goal

Great Tips:

Create and/or review the team's

purpose.

Discuss why the team exists.

Allow each team member to express

commitment.

Create mottoes, symbols, awards, or

posters that portray the team as one

unit.

Use the common purpose to prioritize

team actions.

Team members must trust each other if

they are to work together successfully.


02. Trust each other

Great Tips:

Be honest.

Work to eliminate conflicts of interests.

Avoid talking behind each other's back.

Trust teammates (you must trust them

before they will trust you).

Give team members the benefit of the

doubt.

Knowing everyone's role and being familiar

with the responsibility of those roles create

efficiency and flexibility.


03. Clarify roles

Great Tips:

Review team members' roles frequently.

Relate team member expectations to

the team's overall purpose.

Clarify responsibilities when action

planning.

Learn what others do on the team.

Figure out ways to help each other.

Miscommunication can create hard

feelings and undermine the success of the

team.


04. Communicate openly and effectively

Great Tips:

Avoid and work to clear

misunderstandings quickly and

accurately.

Seek to understand all angles.

Take responsibility for being heard and

understood.

Team members come from all walks of life,

with different backgrounds and perspectives.


05. Appreciate diversity

Great Tips:

Remember that reasonable people can help

a lot.

Try to learn as much as you can from

others.

Evaluate a new idea based on its merits.

Avoid remarks that draw negative attention

to a person's unique characteristics.

Don't ignore the differences among team

members.

Team members need to recognize that

they should measure and monitor the

products and services the team provides

as well as the team's internal group

dynamics and relationships.


06. Balance the Team's Focus

Great Tips:

Regularly review and evaluate the

effectiveness of team meetings.

Hold team celebrations for achieving

results.

Praise individual effort.

Design individual performance goals

that emphasize both results and

teamwork.

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-

oversight/performance-

management/teams/building-a-collaborative-

team-environment/

• http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/how-smart-

people-collaborate-for-success.html

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaswyman/2

015/09/01/why-we-desperately-need-to-bring-

back-vocational-training-in-schools/


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