Collaboration

A performance value:

working jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavour

Beliefs

Our required mindset about this value

We believe that collaboration is vital and that partnerships within and outside the Faculty – based on a cooperative spirit and mutual trust – will allow us to achieve greater success.

Words

Examples of how we would express this value

“Collaboration is all about trust – those individuals most effective at building trust know how to understand and respect a variety of perspectives, manage priorities from everyone involved, and support everyone to meet expectations as a reliable member of the partnership…”

Actions

Examples of our everyday behaviours that demonstrate how we actively live the value

• Creating an environment that supports creativity and innovation to produce stronger mutually beneficial results.
• Establishing clear upfront agreements on the roles, expectations and deliverables of all involved in the collaborative process.
• Putting the goals of the joint project ahead of personal needs and actively looking for ways to help others to succeed.
• Using best-in-class management and communication practices to accelerate the level of teamwork among multiple individuals or work groups to accomplish a joint task or project.