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
Introduction
- Welcome to Essentials of Team Collaboration
- Why team collaboration is necessary
Setting the Stage for Strong Team Collaboration
- Six key questions for effective collaboration
- Identify the right team composition
- Clarify the team's goal and purpose
- Clarify constraints, expectations, and processes up front
Five Tactics to Encourage Healthy Team Collaboration
- Develop team ground rules
- Build relationships early and often
- Identify team members' preferred communication mode
- Tips for great online collaboration
- Take periodic temperature checks
Conclusion
- Develop best practices to enhance team collaboration
- Team collaboration challenge