"Collaboration skills" is a workplace and resume buzzword that isn’t going
away anytime soon. This is mostly because collaboration is deeply integrated into
the job roles and workflows of most organizations. Whether you love collaborating
or hate it, it’s part of how work gets done. Nobody works in a vacuum.
In order to be a productive
and skilled employee, you’ll have to become
comfortable with collaboration and working as part of team. For some people,
working with others comes naturally. But for others, it can be a bit of a challenge.
No matter how confident you are in your collaboration skills, there’s always room
for improvement.
We’ll cover the importance of collaboration and
how you can work on your
workplace collaboration skills to develop better connections with your colleagues.
Why is collaboration an important skill?
If you look at nearly any job description, you'll probably see collaboration
listed somewhere. And if it’s not, there is probably
still some collaboration
involved in the job duties—the company just didn't explicitly mention it.
Collaboration skills are important soft skills that apply to a range of jobs and
industries. That’s because the workplace is evolving to become more and more
collaborative than ever before. Teams are breaking
out of their siloed work to
come together to brainstorm new ideas, work jointly on projects,
and get things
done. Plus, with virtual collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams,
Google
Drive, and project management platforms, collaboration is even easier for
employees—no matter where they work.
Beyond the fact that
collaboration is inevitable, there's another reason that it
matters: When collaboration goes wrong, people notice. In fact,
a recent study
showed that
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