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FOSTERING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

—PETER DRUCKER

A corporate culture that embraces collaboration is the cornerstone for success in today’s business environment. It is through collaboration that your business can maximize the talents of your associates, direct your team’s energy, and initiate innovation. The right collaborative environment can make it possible to unleash everyone’s potential to create exponential organizational growth. You’ll benefit from superior-quality projects, more efficient teams, healthier staff dynamics, and an empowered proactive organization. It’s what enables a company to achieve what James Collins and Jerry Porras describe as Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) in their article “Building Your Company’s Vision” (Collins & Porras, 1996). A BHAG encourages companie....