Collaborative Leadership Skills

Why become a collaborative leader? Because it gives you the ability to break down silos, energize your team and bring out the best in your direct reports.

From collaboration skills to collaborative leadership behaviors, this course gives you the roadmap to be an adaptive manager: someone who can create clarity, vision and build mutual trust with your team and other departments. It will show you how to establish a culture that operates as an open and united group, so that you can inspire optimal performance up, down and across the organization.

• Become more effective by enabling each team member to share ideas and generate solutions
• Remove roadblocks that prevent employees from doing their best work
• Enhance team creativity and involvement without expensive programs or initiatives
• Differentiate yourself and become more influential in your organization
• Help increase employee retention and engagement
• Develop a mindset that can increase your innovation skills and produce new ideas
• Provide greater opportunities for employees to own and implement their ideas
• Reduce performance issues by increasing employee involvement and leadership skills

• Customize your management style to encourage employees to find their own answers to business challenges
• Create a culture that fosters involvement from all employees and helps break down silos and isolationism
• Embrace social media to enhance discussions, obtain recommendations and information, network and establish relevance
• Discover the benefits and virtues of over-communication
• Improve accountability by allowing your employees to have ownership of the results of their efforts
• Employ a collaborative process that is effective with all communication styles
• Set up a framework for collaboration

 Learning Objectives

• Describe the Principles of Collaborative Leadership
• Promote a Climate for Effective Collaboration
• Engage Team Members in Collaborative Processes for Better Results
• Identify and Overcome the Derailers That Impede Effective Collaboration
• Guide Others to Resolve Conflicts in a Constructively Collaborative Way

Mastering the Principles of Collaboration

• Describe the Principles of Effective Collaboration
• Determine How and When to Collaborate Based on Superordinate Goals
• Use Specific Tools to Promote a Collaborative Environment

Becoming a Collaborative Leader

• Determine Which Leadership Style to Use, Based on the Situation
• Assess and Describe Your Effectiveness as a Leader in a Collaborative Setting
• Determine How to Improve Your Network to Promote Collaboration

Building Disciplined Processes and Unified Teams

• Lead Others to Use Effective Collaborative Processes and to Build Strong Working Relationships and Unified Teams
• Identify Obstructions and Derailers That Block Collaboration
• Know the Steps for Gaining Buy-In for Collaboration

Enhancing Collaborative Communication

• Describe the Processes for Collaborative Communication
• Develop Active Listening Skills That Promote Better Work Relationships
• Handle Conflict in a Constructive, Collaborative Way