Collabor(h)ate

FRONT MATERIAL Preface PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF COLLABORATION Chapter 1. What is collaboration and why is it so dang difficult? What is "collaboration" anyway? | Mixed feelings about collaboration? You're not alone | Putting the H in collabor(h)ate | Why is collaboration so dang difficult? | So why bother? | Why aren't we taught how to do this? | Fear not: this learnable (and relationship theory can help) | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 2. Two relationship dimensions Your workplace relationships matter | Relationship quality: Is your collaboration relatively good or bad? | Interdependence: To what extent are you and your collaborators mutually dependent on each other? | The Mashek Matrix | Moving from collabor(h)ate to collaborGREAT | You, your team, your organization | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 3. Improving relationship quality Set clear expectations | Behave accordingly | Avoid telling yourself stories about others | Talk about yourself | Cultivate we-ness | Engage in novel and challenging work | Bring the donuts | Be responsive | The power of personality | Attachment anxiety and avoidance | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 4. Changing interdependence Frequency of interaction | Diversity of activities | Strength of influence: Tasks | Strength of influence: Consequences | Deciding how to decide | Maintaining boundaries | Individuals and their roles | Tools employed | Organizational values | Rituals and processes | Capacities and supports | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration PART 2: COLLABORATIVE CHALLENGES (AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM) Chapter 6. Diagnosing and remedying the 12 most common collaboration challenges How to use this section | Dropped balls | Uneven workload | "My way or highway" | No capacity to give | Under preparation | Disengagement | Going rogue | Last minute contributions | Inconsistent contributions | Stealing credit | Dodging hard conversations | Mushy roles | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 7. Special collaborative contexts Cross-functional | Skip rank | Cross-cultural | Inter-generational | Other power dynamics | Difficult personalities | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 8. When to get the heck out of there 4 horsemen of the apocalypse | Process loss vs. sudden death | Chaos and toxicity | Teams in crisis | Should I stay or should I go? | The things you cannot change | Don't be a doormat | Growth after breakup | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration PART 3: LIVING IN A WORLD OF COLLBORGREAT Chapter 9. Further developing your collaboration chops: Professional development for you and your team Understanding the impact of your behaviors | Finding the courage to change | Options and interventions for you as an individual | Options and interventions for your team and organization | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 10. Hey, you're collaborGREAT! Taking the H out of collabor(h)ate | Choosing which stone soups to contribute to | Identifying, vetting, and committing to collaborators | Learning to say "yes" vs knowing when to say "no" | How to be in the room where it happens | Helping others level up | It takes a village | Here's the point | Questions for reflection and integration Chapter 11. The Collaborators' Vow BACKEND MATERIAL Bonus chapter: Collaboration in friendships, family, community, and life References Acknowledgements