Making Collaboration Work
February 8th, 2005 by HalAre you interested in spectatcular team results?
"Would a 36 percent reduction in unit cost interest your management? How about a 40 percent improvement in productivity, or a reduction of cycle time from 55 days to 1 day, resulting in a savings of $1 million? These are all actual figures from the 2004 final round of competition at the International Team Excellence Awards event.
Cathy Webber says all that is possible in her article for last week's edition of Projects @ Work*, Making Collaboration Work. Ms. Webber says the difficulty with collaboration is a function of poor leadership.
"Leaders do a poor job of creating an open, inclusive, inspiring, supportive, and motivating environment where collaborative project teams can flourish."
What can we do to help them, help us?
Ms. Webber says the results are available when leaders do the following:
- Define A Team-Project Framework
- Use Collaborative Technologies
- Create Team Champions
- Include All Stakeholders
- Reward Teams
But don't wait for leaders to take those actions. Help leaders help us.
Take some time to read Cathy Webber's article. Then, share it with your team. You might need their help.
* Disclosure: I accepted an invitation to join the editorial board of Projects @ Work.
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