Source | www.forbes.com | Carol Kinsey Goman
Most executives agree that collaboration is more important than ever in today’s turbulent business environment. In fact, a company’s very survival may depend on how well it can combine the potential of its people and the quality of the information they possess with their ability — and willingness — to share that knowledge throughout the organization. Deloitte’s recent Future of Work research find 65% of the C-Level executives surveyed have a strategic objective to transform their organization’s culture with a focus on connectivity, communication, and collaboration.
But collaboration doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It takes strategic leadership. Whether you are an executive, team leader, or first-line supervisor in an organization looking to build a more collaborative culture, the requirements for your job have changed.
In contrast to control-minded leaders of the past, today’s most effective leaders are exercising a different kind of power. As one Silicon Valley CEO told me: “There is absolutely nothing wrong with command and control. It’s simply irrelevant in the 21st century.”) The new leadership is a blending of personal and interpersonal skills that form the basis of your ability to impact, influence, and inspire others.
To help you optimize the power of collaboration, here are six crucial leadership behaviors: