Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

Often the words collaboration, coordination, and cooperation are used to describe effective teamwork. Coordination and cooperation is essential for effective and efficient work accomplishment, and some research supports the notion that some face-to-face time makes a big difference. It is about teamwork in implementation.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In Let’s Stop Confusing Cooperation and Teamwork with Collaboration, I define collaboration as “two or more people working together to create something new in support of their shared vision.”. What is collaboration?

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Cooper Teamwork Creativity Tools 120

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Last week I had the honor and pleasure of co-chairing the Berrett-Koehler Authors Cooperative annual retreat, attended by over 70 people – ranging in age from 25 to 83, and enriched with authors from Slovenia, Singapore and Australia.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Competitive and cooperative. We set impossible expectations when we tell leaders they need to be: Bold and calculated. Passionate and reasonable. Rational and emotional. Confident and humble. Driven and patient. Strategic and tactical. Principled and flexible. Why would they want to be a leader? Keep it simple!

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