S7 E33-36 (Build your Core) PILLAR #3 COLLABORATION – THE IMPACT OF COLLABORATION, ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS AND LIFE PARTNERSHIP TO NEW LEVELS with Sarita Johan

S7 E33-36 (Build your Core) 
PILLAR #3 COLLABORATION – THE IMPACT OF COLLABORATION, ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS AND LIFE PARTNERSHIP TO NEW LEVELS
 
INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Build your Core brought to you by the IBGR.Network - PROFIT Radio. The world of Business at Your Fingertips. GROW WITH US.

You are here with Sarita Johan, your host and I am the Partnership Coach for Dynamic Partnerships in Business and Life. My quest is simple, to help partnerships start strong and stay strong in Business and Life, how do we achieve this? By building a strong core. 

The purpose of this weekly podcast is to have you be inspired through insights, ideas, and tools to help you navigate the Dynamic world of Business Partnerships. 

At the core of this podcast series sits how to start your partnership strong and stay strong.  

In the remainder of these series our focus is Business Partnerships who do life together. Genius or recipe for disaster? Let’s find out.
The working dynamics of a business partnership doing life together is uniquely different and there is a lot at stake here…. 

Episode 33 Part 1 The power of Collaboration, a meeting of minds coming together, what is it and why do you need it to make your Business and Life Partnership work

The 5 pillar framework explores the ways you and your partner can achieve the biggest net value for your partnership, your people and your clients in both business and life. Move away from guessing and start knowing the Dynamics in your partnership. 

Continuing from last week’s episode where we explored Pillar no 2 which was all centred around communication. In today’s 4-part series we move to pillar #3 collaboration.  We will firstly look at what is collaboration? How to use this as one of your superpowers in your partnership and how you built your internal and external team, finishing off with 5 steps to achieve collaboration successfully. 

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Collaboration what is it and why is it a good idea to master this important skill?

Over the next 4 episodes we shed the light on collaboration, why it is an important skill, the common pitfalls in business collaborations and what kinds of collaborations are possible, just to get you thinking and explore what might be a good fit for you and your partners business. 

Collaboration means working together to achieve a shared intention. It is important to not confuse this with teamwork, although it has similar traits the main difference is that in a collaboration model different people are involved and each bring something different to the party, there is no hierarchy as such, although I would recommend you decide who will lead the collaboration. 

When we put different minds in a room it evokes a way of sharing knowledge, ideas, and resources. In this case in a partnership, we have all heard the saying 2 minds are better than 1. 

In the next episode we look at two of the collaboration models. Keen to hear from you, ask me a question or leave me a comment, visit ibgr.network locate the pulsating orange ? and leave me your comment or you can e-mail me direct on buildyourcore@sjcoaching.com.au

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Episode 34 Part 2 The types of Collaboration, move beyond the power of one to the power of 2 in a Business and Life Partnership 
 
If you master the power of collaboration in your partnership it sets a good precedent for the future when building or expanding your team, remember the idea is to be doing less of the push ups and have a team to support you with this, you have guessed it, it all starts with you and your partner though. Other findings have been that collaboration can be used as a vehicle to evoke new ideas and keep your partnership ignited. 

Now that the scene is set let’s break down the types of collaboration, this will all depend on what outcomes you are looking to achieve. I have chosen two different models of collaboration 

1. Open collaboration – allows internal and external participation, best suited to create or problem solve, often bigger groups and longer time frames 
2. Closed collaboration – Specific, smaller group of people involved can be used for problem solving or bringing new ideas to live 

You have defined what collaboration is and you and your partner have set the base line, it’s now time to look at the workings/collaborations within your team looks like. 

#team #clarity #listening #presence #coaching 

Episode 35 Together Everyone Achieves More, collaboration as a method to building your team and keep them humming in your Business and Life partnership 
 
In this episode I will share some ideas to help you develop your team and keep your team humming. 
 
We have not really touched on the pitfalls of collaboration yet. It is important to address as much collaboration models can be great it can also produce the opposite effect. 
 
It is interesting as we explore the pillars, we now start connecting the dots. 
 
Check out some of the possible pitfalls in collaboration specific to a team:

1. Lack of information of what the details are of the collaboration 
2. Lack of trust
3. Possible false starts in previous collaboration
4. Lack of strong organisational goals

 
How to overcome:

1. Prepare a clear process of what collaboration looks like
2. Lead the way through being open 
3. Have a robust feedback process in place
4. Ensure people are willing to listen

 
Positive outcomes of collaboration when done well:

1. No matter how small or large the organisation collaboration allows you to achieve common goals quicker
2. Problem solving at a faster speed
3. People bringing new ideas to the table including innovation
4. Capitalizing on each other’s skills
5. It provides a level of ownership within the team 
6. Improves team morale
7. Builds trust and depth within your team 

 
#team #success #trust #goals 
 
For more information on how I help teams perform better visit my website www.sjcoaching.com.au 
 
 
Episode 36 The 5 must haves to achieve successful collaboration for your Business and Life Partnership

Summarizing the last 3 episodes and next steps for you and your partner

By now we have established the benefits for you and your partner and your team. 

Collaboration is a great way to improve communication and morale. 
You can extend this further to retaining your talent (people like to be part of something), creating new ideas or simply making things better in your business. 

By defining what type of collaboration fits your business, it avoids confusing within the team and allow you and your people to shine and thrive. Not every idea is a good idea, and that is a great outcome. 

#6 Steps for Successful Collaboration

#1Identify the reason for collaboration, is it to solve a problem, bring new ideas, work on a project to fast track outcomes

#2Identify the type of collaboration, set the parameters from the start 

#3 Who will be involved and why? Appoint someone who is responsible for keeping things on track, all are equal in a collaboration however keeping things on track is important

#4 Make sure you and your partner are on board and aligned as this will show confidence and trust for others who are part of the collaboration 

#5 Call out poor collaboration and reward good collaboration 

#clarity #direction #results #coaching #business

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