Collaboration refers to the joint action of people working toward the same end goal.

 

Collaborating means more than just completing a task, however, it means the work that comes from people working together effectively.

 

As the new future of work tends towards remote, it’s becoming important now more than ever for teams to collaborate better.

 

The problem is, most workers have internalized competition and prize-winning so much that they find it difficult to collaborate.

 

They’ve learned in school to compete, some work environments sometimes even pit employees against themselves to deliver “best results”.

 

But a new research report by ESI International shows that less than one-third of teams effectively drive project success. 65.5 percent of workers believe that their organization’s project performance would improve if their teams worked more collaboratively.

 

 

If you work in an organization that is not vested in teaching collaboration, then it’s up to you to take up learning yourself to deliver the best results.

Set collective goals

Your team is not going to work together and collaborate if everyone has different goals they’re pursuing. As a member of the team or a team lead, get everyone to commit to reaching one set goal. Delegate tasks and ensure you constantly communicate the importance of working together to bring your set goals to completion.

Set expectations

Communicate what everyone has to do in the team and how they should go about it. They’ll need to know their contribution however small or big is important to reaching the set goal.

 

It is also important to align individual expectations with that of the team. You’ll need to set up a progress tracking metric to track individual performance and that of the team generally.

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Use more tech tools

Several tech tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google docs, and others are being made available to help with collaboration and speed up work. Take advantage of these tools amp up your work and collaborate more.

Be transparent

Be very upfront with your team. People love transparency because not only does it make them feel like part of the team, they’re also encouraged to do so as well. If something goes wrong, bring it up so everyone can give their contributions and the work can carry on with minimal hiccups.

Hold effective team meetings

Too many times when colleagues hold meetings, they spend a lot of time on mundane conversations and personal things. To maximize every meeting time, let everyone know their contribution to the meeting. This will help in keeping the meeting structured. It will also minimize the time spent on meetings and everyone can quickly get back to work.

Report your progress

Another good way to keep the good work going is reporting. Constantly give updates to your boss or the executives on your status so you can show steady improvement and also, to hold yourself more accountable to the project at hand.

 

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