How to Create a Collaborative Culture

By Michael C. Mack

In his newest book, Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster, Ken Blanchard, in collaboration with Jane Ripley and Eunice Parisi-Carew, shows leaders how to empower themselves and build collaboration by empowering a team. “Effective leaders learn early in their careers that they can”t manage whole projects singlehandedly,” says Blanchard on his blog, HowWeLead.org. “They need an empowered team working collaboratively to achieve goals.”

In the book, the writers use the acronym UNITE to describe what it takes to build a collaborative culture:

“¢ Utilize differences

“¢ Nurture safety and trust

“¢ Involve others in crafting a clear purpose, values, and goals

“¢ Talk Openly

“¢ Empower yourself and others.

For more information, go to www.collaborationbeginswithyou.com.