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Collaborate Effectively for Professional Success
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 2 hours
  • Course by IBM
  • Offered by

About

Collaboration is not just the act of working together. It goes beyond that. Through collaboration, you can accomplish much more than what you would if you worked alone. Having the skills to communicate with the people you are working with and being able to work as a team towards your goal are just some of the skills you will learn in this course to help you collaborate effectively in the workplace. In today's day and age, collaborating as a group does not just mean being able to see and communicate with each other in person, collaborations are done virtually all the time. This short course will teach you about some of the obstacles you may face while virtually collaborating with people and how to overcome these barriers with teamwork. In order to collaborate successfully, you have to be able to recognize and apply different methods of communication. Collaborating involves working with other people, and when working with others you need to be able to understand their behaviors and how to effectively work together as a team in order to reach your goal. This short course will help you develop the foundational soft skills to enhance the way you collaborate with your team, others in your company, business partners, and clients. This course is part of the People and Soft Skills for Professional and Personal Success Specialization from IBM.

Modules

Collaborate Effectively: An overview.

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • What if they hadn’t collaborated?

1 Readings

  • What will you take away from this course?

What is collaboration and why is it so important?

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Let’s begin with the first topic
  • Recap

1 Readings

  • Why is collaboration important in a corporate environment?

How can you enhance your collaboration with colleagues?

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Practice Quiz: Examples of barriers to collaboration

2 Videos

  • Let’s move to the second topic
  • Recap

3 Readings

  • Practice these six collaborative behaviors
  • What impact might other behaviors have on collaboration?
  • These behaviors, in moderation, also help collaboration

How can you help your team collaborate?

    • 3 Videos
    • 6 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Let’s move to the third topic
  • 1 + 1 = 3!
  • Recap

6 Readings

  • The four stages of team development
  • Stage 1: Forming
  • Stage 2: Storming
  • Stage 3: Norming
  • Stage 4: Performing
  • How might collaborative behaviors help your team?

What are the challenges of virtual collaboration and how can you tackle them?

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Let’s move to the fourth topic
  • What’s challenging about electronic communication?
  • Our relational space poses four typical problems
  • Recap

2 Readings

  • Let’s hear a story
  • How can you enact these collaborative behaviors virtually?

What tools can you use for virtual collaboration?

    • 4 Videos
    • 4 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Let’s move to the fifth topic
  • New ways to collaborate
  • How can you embrace social technology for collaboration?
  • Recap

4 Readings

  • Collaboration Tools: Email
  • Collaboration Tools: Chat
  • Collaboration Tools: Telephone
  • Collaboration Tools: Virtual Meeting

How can you make virtual meetings effective?

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Let’s move to the sixth topic
  • How can you address these problems?
  • Recap

2 Readings

  • How can you make your meetings effective?
  • How can you conduct effective virtual meetings?

Course-end Assessment

    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Practice Quiz: Collaborate Effectively
  • Graded Quiz: Collaborate Effectively

1 Readings

  • Congratulations and Next Steps.

Auto Summary

Enhance your professional success with "Collaborate Effectively for Professional Success," a foundational course by Coursera, part of IBM's People and Soft Skills Specialization. Focused on personal development, this 120-minute course teaches essential teamwork and communication skills for both in-person and virtual environments. Ideal for professionals seeking to improve collaborative efforts, it covers overcoming obstacles and understanding team dynamics. Subscription options include Starter and Professional plans.

IBM Skills Network Team
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IBM Skills Network Team