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COS2theWORLD: The Foundations of Collaborative Leadership
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Friday, November 28, 2014. The Foundations of Collaborative Leadership. In my previous posts. I listed some of the most common reasons companies fail to promote (and sometimes unwittingly sabotage) effective collaboration among workers. In this post, we continue to explore what it takes to lead collaboratively. At its core, collaborative leadership is based upon the principles and practices that foster healthy adult relationships. That begs the question, what are healthy adult relationships? Unfortunatel...
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COS2theWORLD: October 2014
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Monday, October 13, 2014. Collaboration: Six Common (Misguided) Strategies. In the first of this series, I shared my. Most companies (inadvertently) fail at collaboration. In this post, we’ll explore six common strategies that companies. Pursue in an effort to boost collaboration – strategies that generally fall short of expectations. For those of you already on your third cup of coffee, let’s start with the punchline:. Quick fixes don’t work, and often lead to negative consequences. Don’t implemen...
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COS2theWORLD: February 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013. Matrix Management is more of a "patch" than a solution. Matrix Management is a structural “solution” widely applied to a systemic and paradigmatic problem which could be simply described as,. The way we work doesn’t work. Reporting to a functional manager with limited familiarity with the employee's day to day work. What comes to mind is this short but memorable. Let’s do it! From its earliest appearance in the Neolithic/Agrarian Revolution to a more prominent application 5500 ...
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COS2theWORLD: Job #1 for Collaborative Leaders & Managers
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Friday, November 28, 2014. Job #1 for Collaborative Leaders and Managers. In the first post of this series. I listed the top five reasons companies fail at collaboration. Number one on the list is that coworkers rarely develop and agree upon a sufficiently explicit definition of collaboration. For anyone interested in leading, fixing that problem is job #1. In this post, I offer a definition that can serve as an example. If you like it, you’re welcome to adopt it as your own. How does that happen? Togeth...
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COS2theWORLD: Collaboration: Six Common (Misguided) Strategies
http://blog.thecos.org/2014/10/collaboration-six-common-misguided.html
Monday, October 13, 2014. Collaboration: Six Common (Misguided) Strategies. In the first of this series, I shared my. Most companies (inadvertently) fail at collaboration. In this post, we’ll explore six common strategies that companies. Pursue in an effort to boost collaboration – strategies that generally fall short of expectations. For those of you already on your third cup of coffee, let’s start with the punchline:. Quick fixes don’t work, and often lead to negative consequences. Don’t implemen...
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COS2theWORLD: March 2014
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Just because you haven’t been taught a win-win mindset, doesn’t mean it can’t be acquired and operationalized. We teach it every day to people currently living according to a win-lose paradigm. The first step in unlocking a win-lose paradigm in yourself and others is to understand that it is, in fact, a paradigm. Win-lose is everywhere! My child’s school offers “Battle of the Books” along with a host of other competitive programs with winners and losers. The fully explicit Collab...
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COS2theWORLD: Top 5 Reasons Most Companies Fail at Collaboration
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Friday, September 26, 2014. Top 5 Reasons Most Companies Fail at Collaboration. If you ask around at work, you’ll find that collaboration means different things to different people. For some, it’s synonymous with “consensus”, which is often associated with slow and frustrating progress. For others, collaboration is all about online tools, network applications, and social media. And for business managers, it brings to mind vendor relationships, strategic partnerships, o...The point is that having differen...
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