7.2: Collaboration Practices Discussion

Question 1 of 3

1. Question

Which collaboration practices do you excel at?

Place a 1, 2, or 3 in the blank for each collaboration practice: 1 = disagree; 2 = not sure; 3 = agree
1. Think collaboratively.
2. Communicate.
3. Be openminded.
4. Understand abilities, needs.
5. Show empathy.
6. Create alignment.
7. Provide help.
8. Be respectful.
9. Give and receive feedback.
10. Be trustworthy and dependable.
11. Be likable.
12. Maintain accountability.
13. Forgive.

Question 2 of 3

2. Question

Which collaboration practices do you need to better develop for yourself? Your team?

This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.

Question 3 of 3

3. Question

Scenario: Li is your top performing sales person. He has been working on his own for the last several years. Because you believe that teams of people perform at a higher level than individuals, you are assigning Debbie to work with Li in the coming year. Your hope is that by having two people on the same team that they will help each other, leverage each other’s strengths, and hold each other accountable. Debbie is coming from another team. She is relatively new to sales having only one year of experience. Based on the nature of her prior sales role, she uses different sales methods than Li and others on your team.

You’ve scheduled a 1on1 meeting with Li to help him build a partnering mindset and to work collaboratively with Debbie so that their joint performance is higher than the sum of their individual performances. Outline the key points of your conversation with Li:

This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.