COLLABORATION

Team Building Glossary

Team Building — Collaboration

Information on Collaboration

Collaboration is often used interchangeably with teamwork or partnership, and similar in meaning to the word cooperation. Collaboration means simply to work together on a joint project or to work together toward mutual benefits and ends. The idea is to leverage complementary skills and knowledge. People have varying orientations to collaboration and effective collaboration depends on and demonstrates a range of behaviours and skills. See Team Collaboration Inventory (TCI).

Other topics in our resources on Team Building related to Collaboration include: 

Team Roles Team Mission

Team Roles and Responsibilities Team Player

Team Dynamics Teamwork

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