The Collaboration ToolkitSM provides individuals, teams and organizations with a way to assess their collaboration practices and to identify opportunities for improving teamwork across organizational lines. The tool as applied as a part of a consultative process helps companies to better leverage their internal resources for the benefit of the organization as a whole, and also to improve collaborative efforts with customers and external partners.
Benefits of the Toolkit
- Effective diagnosis of an individual, team or organization's collaborative abilities
- Development of an action plan addressing areas identified by the survey as needing improvement
- Access to a database of collaboration best practices based upon input from "master collaborators"
- Ability to compare results across an organization, benchmark against others, and receive feedback from other groups
Product Description
This tool consists of several major components, all instantly accessible via the Internet:
- Team Resources: Internal & external resources available to the team
- Action Plan: An online form for creating a plan to improve collaborative ability
- Survey: A 56-item survey focused on collaborative ability in 14 different categories
- Results: A summary of survey results including detailed reports with graphic charts
- Best Practices Database: A dynamic database featuring numerous best practices and a growing collection of peer input from around the world
- Written Input: A forum for providing anonymous input about the percieved collaborative abilities of the individual, team or organization being surveyed
Results & Action Plan
Upon completion of the survey, users view a summary of their results and can create an action plan to address their priority issues. Detailed reports graphically map how survey respondents feel they are performing in different categories. Reports available include:
- Gap Analysis
- Team Priorities
- Team Strengths
- Written Comments
- Team Weaknesses
- Full List of Survey Scores
- Survey Dimension Scores
Best Practices Database
Central to this tool is the Best Practices Database. The database, which is dynamically linked with other segments of the web tool for easy reference, provides advice and best practices compiled from numerous interviews with field experts and corporate managers.
