Essentials of Team Collaboration

32mIntermediate2020-10-09

Authors

Dana Brownlee

Corporate Trainer, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Course details

The best teams don't wait for someone to tell them what to do. Instead, they work together to set themselves up for success. In this course, learn how teams can collaborate more effectively. Discover how to ask key questions, clarify expectations, and ensure everyone is kept in sync. Find out how a team can refine its purpose, use one another’s preferred communication modes, and solicit and incorporate feedback, helping members collaborate proactively—with or without managerial oversight. Join corporate trainer and author Dana Brownlee as she shares clear and proven collaboration strategies, specific activities, and techniques you can use to minimize miscommunications and avoid common collaboration mishaps.

Skills covered

Teams and CollaborationFoundationsProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and Management

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome to Essentials of Team Collaboration
02 - Why team collaboration is necessary

1. Setting the Stage for Strong Team Collaboration

03 - Six key questions for effective collaboration
04 - Identify the right team composition
05 - Clarify the team's goal and purpose
06 - Clarify constraints, expectations, and processes up front

2. Five Tactics to Encourage Healthy Team Collaboration

07 - Develop team ground rules
08 - Build relationships early and often
09 - Identify team members' preferred communication mode
10 - Tips for great online collaboration
11 - Take periodic temperature checks

Conclusion

12 - Develop best practices to enhance team collaboration
13 - Team collaboration challenge