About two years ago, Tammy Erickson asked the question, โDo You Have The Collaborative Capacity You Need?โ In it, she describes ten enabling factors that help to build the collaborative capacity of an organization. I highly recommend you review them.
Iโd like to take this opportunity to highlight both the ten individual and the ten organizational attributes I personally believe help achieve this state.
Dan is a conference organizerโs ideal speaker. Not only did he inspire and energize our group, but he also masterfully adapted his content so it resonated with the audience and our conference theme. As a bonus, Dan is able to nimbly navigate to adjust to a reduced time slot when other speakers went over time without sacrificing the impact of his session.
Director and General Counsel
Dan accomplished what we set out to do, which was not only to be inspirational, but also to leave everyone with tools and food for thought / self-reflection to improve their personal and professional lives.
Hermann Handa, FCT
Dan challenged us to have clarity of purpose, both as individuals and as an organization. He related inspiring stories drawing on his experience in business, technology and academia. As he said, โThere is no ownership without belonging.โ
Christian Pantel, D2L
Dan Pontefract suggests leaders must be transformational and transactional, collaborative and considerate, daring and decisive, inclusive and insistent, playful and formal, harmonious, and humble, encouraging and results-driven. In a word, Flat.
Robert Morris
โHow to strengthen engagement, empowerment, and execution, then leverage them for a decisive competitive advantageโ