Dr. John C. Maxwell
There's a difference between cooperation and collaboration. Cooperation is working together agreeably. Everybody sits down, and they're agreeable. Collaboration is working together aggressively; and there's a world of difference between those two.
There are four changes needed to become a collaborative type of a player:
- You need to see teammates differently; you need to see them as collaborators, not as competitors.
Perception.
- As a team player, you need to be supportive, not suspicious, of teammates, because if you trust others, you'll treat them differently—you'll treat them better.
Attitude.
- A collaborative type of team player concentrates on the team, not himself or herself. Cavett Roberts said it right: "True progress in any field is a relay race and not a single event," so the focus is different.
Focus.
- You begin to create victories through multiplication.
Results.
One is too small of a number to produce greatness. In fact, nothing can be accomplished in a great way without help. You have to learn to collaborate. You have to learn to come together.
When you're developing a team that collaborates, it begins to be aggressive, not just agreeable. And it begins to accomplish a vision that mere cooperation never would allow.
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