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Collaborate: 4 Reasons We Must Work Together

3. Collaboration shows how much you value others.

Whether you’re speaking into someone else’s work or they’re speaking into yours, it creates an incredible opportunity to value the other party, their creativity, and opinions. It creates a teachability within your organization that is essential to moving forward. If you don’t believe you have somewhere to grow, it’s going to be difficult to continue to become the best you can be. Likewise, when you offer your unique talents, skills, and voice to collaborate with someone else, you get to value them and their work on a deeper level.

4. Collaboration increases other’s participation in your story.

This is ESPECIALLY important in the nonprofit world. When other’s voices are valued around the table, those involved feel they have a significant role in what you’re doing and will become your biggest advocates. If people do not think they are needed, they won’t be involved. You create your biggest fans when you invite them to be a part of the process and contribute to the solutions.

With all this being said, there are definitely boundaries that also have to be put in place when collaborating. There has to be a trust that has been built so that the opinions spoken can be heard, respected, and put in their proper place. And before you ask someone to collaborate with you, you should already have the foundation in place so your time can be well spent.

What have been some positive collaborative experiences you have had? What keeps you from collaborating with others? What is something you’re working on right now that could use the input of another mind?