Collaboration foundations are rooted in relationships, trust, and common visions. Often dream-raisers first pursue collaboration with people they don’t know. While this can work, the easiest place to start is with the relationships you have already.
How many people do you think you are connected to? Think personally… In your circle, you may have…
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Ways to Collaborate:
Collaboration has always been a foundation in my work.
Why?
I have seen time and time again the results that can come about from great ideas in combination with committed collaborators, many of whom bring different skill sets.
There are so many ways to collaborate. Below are some of the many ways our Raise a Dream clients have applied collaborations and our teaching on how to build successful and sustainable collaborations:
Benefits of Collaboration:
Collaboration can help you build your business brand faster, get in front of new audiences, stretch funds, better support clients and customers, and achieve bigger results.
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For the sake of the project and the relationship, it is important to set the collaboration up for success. Below are 5 key collaboration foundations to setting up your partnerships the right way.
- 1Build trust and the relationship.
- 2Navigate issues, challenges, detours and new ideas early on and effectively.
- 3Create a collaboration agreement.
- 4Have a shared commitment to the overarching goals or vision for the collaboration.
- 5Decide in advance some of the side goals (where you will focus and where you will not).
As you look for opportunities to build collaborations to bring your projects to life and raise your dreams, remember it’s all about relationship building, communication, and strong foundations to build from.