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The Truth About Collaborating
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The Truth About Collaborating

by Dr. Gail Levitt
April 2020
Beginner
166 pages
3h 41m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 1

Collaborating Defined: What It Is and What It Is Not

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

—Attributed to Helen Keller

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This chapter discusses one key reason why people fail in collaborations: unrealistic expectations. It then explores how having a realistic understanding of what a collaboration is, and what it is not, results in the most successful outcomes. In this chapter, the misleading words, processes, and actions frequently mistaken for a collaboration are contrasted with what is actually required to enable a true collaboration to occur.

This chapter defines collaboration as a goal-oriented communication process that encourages both disagreement and agreement between two or more parties to identify and ...

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ISBN: 9781948580847