Collaboration tips: Why your team’s personality types matter

Collaboration, or working with others to produce something or achieve a common end goal, isn’t always easy. Successful collaboration requires that you keep several factors in mind.

First and foremost, you need to know what motivates those with whom you are collaborating. This is important because what motivates one person does not necessarily motivate another, and to achieve a successful working relationship you need to know if your goals are aligned.

To create a healthy, productive work environment, it is essential to understand what drives each individual. There are three defining factors that motivate most people in their relationships with others:

• Achievement
• Affiliation
• Power

In simple terms, achievement-motivated people are generally goal-oriented; affiliation-motivated people tend to prefer collaboration over competition and usually avoid conflict; and those motivated by power look to influence others and often want to lead.

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