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Take time to reflect…
If you have a tough goal that you’re not sure how to reach…
…then others likely hold the key. You don’t have to do it all yourself. You don’t need to have all
the answers. Partnering with people can make the path clearer and make solutions stronger.
If you’d rather do it yourself than collaborate with others…
…then realize that there are many risks to going it alone. Isolation. Overwork. Independence is
great, but a soloist can’t make a symphony.
If you focus more on your own victories than on shared success…
…then recognize that your talents, however great, are only part of the whole. Many heads are
often better than one, and the overall result far greater.
“It’s the group sound that’s important,
even when you’re playing a solo.”
Oscar Peterson – Canadian jazz pianist and composer
Learn more about Collaborates
Bateman, T., & Snell, S. (2012). Management: Leading & collaborating in the competitive world. New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Covey, S. M. R. (2006). The speed of trust: The one thing that changes everything. New York, NY: Free
Press.
Hoppe, M. H. (2007). Active listening: Improve your ability to listen and lead. Greensboro, NC: Center for
Creative Leadership.
Katz, J. H., & Miller, F. A. (2013). Opening doors to teamwork and collaboration: 4 Keys that change
everything. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Sawyer, K. (2008). Group genius: The creative power of collaboration. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Vivona, J. M. (2009). Leaping from brain to mind: A critique of mirror neuron explanations of
countertransference. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 57(3), 525-550.
Deep dive learning resource links
Anderson, K. (2013, February 2). What makes collaboration actually work in a company? Forbes.
Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/kareanderson/2013/02/02/what-makes-collaboration-
actually-work-in-a-company/
Ashkenas, R. (2011, August 2). Learning not to compete. Harvard Business Review Blog Network.
Retrieved from http://blogs.hbr.org/2011/08/learning-not-to-compete/
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