Creating Collaboration

HOW WELL DO YOU WORK WITH OTHERS?

FACT: Collaboration is the key to progress

FACT: Collaboration is the key to progress

FACT: Most of us focus on our needs, our team’s needs, and then our organization’s needs

QUESTION: Am I trying to make myself successful or the organization successful?

Acts 4:32–35 NLT

All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.

HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

1. Do It For One

PROBLEM: If I do it for one, I have to do it for everyone

SOLUTION: Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone

2. Start from the Top-Down

from the Top-Down

PROBLEM: I can’t serve those below me

SOLUTION: Ask, “How can I help?”

3. Create a Pace

PROBLEM: Everybody is overworked

SOLUTION: Manageable workload

4. Celebrate what you see

PROBLEM: Underappreciated workers

SOLUTION: What gets rewarded gets repeated

5. Confront your Ego

PROBLEM: Peers are a supporting cast for my success

SOLUTION: Helping others helps me

APPLICATION

QUOTE: We have different responsibilities, but the same value

1. “All hands on deck” projects

MISSION: Entitlement stops with me

ASSIGNMENT: “All hands on deck” projects