Leaders: Why Won't Your Team Collaborate?
Ask anyone. Are you collaborative? Chances are they'll answer, yes! But collaboration is (at least) a tango. That is to say, it takes...
When Meetings Go Terribly Wrong
For better or for worse, collaboration requires meetings. And when meetings are insufferable, collaboration suffers. Think about how much...
The Seven Habits of Highly Un/Coachable People
Are you coachable? What does that even mean? In real life, nobody’s 100% this or that. Still, it can be helpful to examine the ends of a...
Freedom from Feeling Stuck
Almost every day I get stuck in some way. Sometimes it’s a relatively small thing, like failing to write a thank you note to someone who...
Collaborative Leadership: It Starts Here
For some people, the term collaborative leadership is an oxymoron. From their perspective, either you are leading or your collaborating,...
What to Consider Before Collaborating
When there's work to be done, it's tempting to jump in with both feet and get started right away. But when that work involves...
Leaders: 5 Keys to Building Ownership
If you've been following this series, you know it’s important to build ownership and alignment when collaborating with others. Last time,...
Leaders: 5 Keys to Building Alignment
Let’s talk about alignment. Specifically, let’s talk about the challenges inherent in building alignment among diverse stakeholders and...
The Collaborative Leader's Compass
In my most recent post, I introduced the Collaborative Operating System’s (COS) definition of collaboration in some detail. If you...
Job #1 for Collaborative Leaders & Managers
In the first post of this series, I listed the top five reasons companies fail at collaboration. Number one on the list is that coworkers...
