Preparing for Successful Collaborations – Skills to Maximize Outcomes

“Maximize Collaborative Outcomes” before the “Conversation Even Begins.”

Course 6 sessions The Collaborators Toolkit

In this course, you develop “Skills to Maximize Collaborative Outcomes” by “Setting your team up to win—before the work even begins.”

Course Overview

Strong collaborations don’t just happen—they’re built on clear expectations and shared goals. In this course, you’ll learn how to identify key players, understand their motivations, align around common objectives, and define roles with precision. You’ll also establish the ground rules and protocols that keep everyone on the same page from day one.

Objectives:

  • Align stakeholders around shared goals and motivations
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities
  • Establish communication protocols and a single source of truth

Curriculum (Measurable skills):

  1. The ability to articulate your own positions and interests for a specific collaboration
  2. The ability to articulate your collaborative partners positions and interests
  3. The ability to articulate measurable milestones in the lifecycle of the collaboration
  4. The ability to clearly articulate your own BATNA for the collaboration