Chapter 7
Encouraging and Facilitating Collaboration — Go Team!
IN THIS CHAPTER
Harmonizing the hyper-collaborative with the über-independent worker
Choosing onboarding and training methods that appeal to collaborative work styles
Developing collaborative mentorship programs
Collaborating via the physical and virtual workspace
One thing that’s hard to dispute about the Millennial generation is that they’re a collaborative bunch. Of course, individual preferences can dictate the level of collaboration they enjoy, but as a whole, Millennials take workplace collaboration to a whole new level. They gravitate to whiteboards like moths to a flame. If a new idea is on the table, their first inclination is to flesh it out as a group, right then and there. For them, working together trumps working alone — teamwork makes the dream work.
As a manager, you may be thinking, “Okay, a naturally collaborative group is the stuff that managerial dreams are made of, but I also need my employees to be capable of independent work.” And you may be wondering whether Millennials’ desire to work with each ...
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