Collaboration Definition
Initiate and maintain interpersonal relationships to work effectively toward a common goal while utilizing personal strengths, knowledge, and talents.
Collaboration Definition
Initiate and maintain interpersonal relationships to work effectively toward a common goal while utilizing personal strengths, knowledge, and talents.
- Listen carefully to others, taking time to understand and ask appropriate questions without interrupting.
- Effectively manage conflict, interact with and respect diverse personalities, and meet ambiguity with resilience.
- Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
- Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
- Exercise the ability to compromise and be agile.
- Collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
- Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.
Source: NACE Career Readiness Competencies
- How have I previously addressed disagreements when in a team? What would I do differently in retrospect?
- What role do I typically take on in a team and does this role suit my strengths?
- What steps have I taken to be successful in teams in the past?
- How do I feel leadership is related to collaboration?
- How can I employ collaborative skills into everyday activities such as household chores?
- Find your conflict management style.
- Find your Clifton Strengths (alternatively, a free version with the High5 test).
- Participate in a team building exercise.
- Pursue tasks that align with and expand your strengths.
- Practice ways of asking for help.
- Practice completing smaller projects with a group/partner such as learning origami or playing video games.
- Join a club or organization on-campus.
- Volunteer for a service project.