MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Collaboration Is a Key Skill. So Why Aren't We Teaching It?

Americans spend more time on work than on all other waking activities combined. Many of these working hours are spent collaborating with colleagues. We think together in meetings. We act together on project teams. We manage up and manage down. Across sectors and levels, collaboration is the name of the game.

In spring 2022, Dev Crasta and I fielded the Workplace Collaboration Survey to better understand collaborative relationships in the modern workplace. The 1,100 people who participated in the survey were employed full-time in the United States; to qualify for inclusion, they had to work with others at least some of the time.

About the Author

Deb Mashek, Ph.D., an experienced business adviser, professor, and national nonprofit executive, is the author of the forthcoming book Collabor(h)ate: How to Build Incredible Collaborative Relationships at Work (Even if You’d Rather Work Alone) (Practical Inspiration Publishing).

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