
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and
failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
—DALE CARNEGIE
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here is a lot you can do to help your collaborative eff ort succeed. You
can make sure that the essentials are in place. You can assemble the
best team possible, seeking people with the right combination of knowl-
edge, experience, abilities, and skills. You can contemplate early decisions
very carefully, bring the group to a common understanding of the objec-
tives, and develop realistic action plans for achieving goals. ere are
some tried and true strategies to improve the probabilities that you will
see a return on the ...