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Engagement - Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Todd Long www.leadkc.com
Collaboration - The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
What is Collaboration?
We are going to focus on the collaboration that encourages... - New Possibilities - Everyone Wins Thinking - My Input is Valuable
Valued Results
Creating a culture of collaboration
Contrasting Cultures
• Silos • Mine Mentality • Status Quo • Top-Down Directives • Complacency and
Apathy
• Interconnected Teams • We Mentality • Innovation • Bottom-Up Initiatives • Deep Belief in the
Mission
Competitive Collaborative
= =
Engaged People
Disengaged People
• It has to be an organizational value (written and communicated).
• It has to be taught. o leadership development o team improvement o new employee orientation
• It has to be modeled (top, middle, & bottom). • It has to be recognized.
How do you create a culture of collaboration?
Personal Exercise
Evaluate your culture of collaboration. Put a check mark next to each statement you can answer yes. Yes Is collaboration a clearly stated value in your organization? Have you had collaboration training at all levels of your
organization? Is collaboration modeled at all levels of your organization? Do you publically recognize great collaboration in your
organization?
Four Principles of Real Collaboration
1. Start with a Powerful Question
Characteristics of Powerful Questions
Simple Thought provoking
o Which generates energy Challenges assumptions
oWhich opens up new possibilities Does not have a "yes" or "no" answer
o Which doesn’t imply an answer Focuses inquiry
o Which directs our attention to a specific area that generates more questions about that area.
Personal Exercise
What is a Powerful Question in your world right now? Write it out and compare it to the characteristics of a Powerful Question.
Characteristics of Powerful Questions
Simple Thought provoking
o Which generates energy Challenges assumptions
oWhich opens up new possibilities Does not have a "yes" or "no" answer
o Which doesn’t imply an answer Focuses inquiry
o Which directs our attention to a specific area that generates more questions about that area.
2. Invite the Right People
What are the characteristics of the "right" people? • Add value to the conversation • Bring diverse perspectives • Respected • • •
Personal Exercise
Think of your Powerful Question that you wrote. Identify the right people to invite to the table?
3. Explore More
Remember…
• Stay in the exploration phase of collaboration as long as possible.
• Maintain awareness of what it feels like and looks like when the group is stuck.
• Challenge the group to get unstuck by looking from different perspectives.
• Record ideas.
Personal Exercise
Evaluate your tendency to be an “explorer”. Put a check mark next to each statement you can answer yes. Yes I love to brainstorm ideas in a group setting. I love to come up with new and unique ideas. I love to look at problems from many perspectives. I love to think of ways to improve on existing processes,
services, or products. I love to hear others’ ideas and perspectives. What did you discover from this exercise?
4. Embrace the Tension
Principles of Tension
No Tension = No Launch
Too Much Tension = Breakdown
Just Right Tension = Possibilities
How do we truly embrace tension?
• Expect it (know it is coming and know its characteristics).
• Recognize it, "Here it is!"
• Call it out for what it is. (Irritation, frustration, boredom, arguing, etc...)
• Encourage the group to keep going anyway.
Personal Exercise
When tension arises in a group discussion, I tend to…
Creative Collaboration Model
Creative Collaboration Model Collaboration Preparation
● Powerful Question ● Purpose ● People - Diverse Perspectives ● Place
Start
Explore
Survey (Groan Zone)
Settle
How to Get Started
Getting Started
1. Start with this Powerful Question - "How do we create a culture of collaboration?"
2. Invite the Right People – Who will you invite to the collaboration session?
3. Explore More – Challenge the collaboration team to look at all perspectives of the question.
4. Embrace the Tension – Expect and encourage tension.
5. Follow the Model – It works!
Engagement - Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Todd Long www.leadkc.com
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