A short presentation about building a collaborative environment.

1. Building a
Collaborative Environment
Lico Reis Consultoria e Línguas
Roberto Lico Jr.

2. • 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

3. • 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.
Building a Collaborative Environment
Introduction

4. • 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.
Building a Collaborative Environment
Important

5. A team is defined as a group of people
working together toward a common goal.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

6. Team members must trust each other if
they are to work together successfully.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

7. Knowing everyone's role and being familiar
with the responsibility of those roles create
efficiency and flexibility.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

8. Miscommunication can create hard
feelings and undermine the success of the
team.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

9. Team members come from all walks of life,
with different backgrounds and perspectives.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

10. 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.
Building a Collaborative Environment
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.

11. • 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/
Building a Collaborative Environment
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12. Building a Collaborative Environment
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