Working as a Team: Collaboration
April 30, 2009 by Kim Beasley
Filed under Business
If you work with a virtual team then collaboration is an important component for your business. Having successful collaborations can either break or make a team’s ability to reach its goals. As a business owner who uses virtual team members, I have found thant collaborating is essential so that communications are always open for my team members.
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The following things important to the collaboration process.
- Initial meeting to explain all the details of the project.
- A way to track the project’s progress. Each member needs to be able to report on their progress
- Make sure accountability is in place for each member.
- Support for the leader’s vision is important too.
- Software or technology created to allow virtual collaboration.
- Determine what development process you will use for the sharing of information and collaboration
- Defined team member responsibilities based on collaboration
Below are some teamwork or collaboration quotes that can be encouraging to your team.
Author Unknown: A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
Helen Keller: Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Stephen R. Covey: Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
Hopefully this information will encourage you as you build your virtual team and incorporate collaboration into it. Make sure you read the second installment entitled “Working as a Team: Reaching Your Goals”.
