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The 10 C's Ladder of Synergic Collaboration and Growth

Concept: Jack Ring

Realization: Avigdor Sharon

How to work effectively together

First thing First – Step 1: Connect

Connect

Hello World

Is there anybody out there?

Dr. Livingstone, I presume

What: discover one another

How: access and attention

The essential next step – Step 2: Communicate

Connect

Communicate

What: Share interests and values

How: Common language

Would you like a cup of coffee?

We come in peace

Me Tarzan, you Jane

Really Getting Together - Step 3: Converge

Connect

Communicate

Converge

What: Common compelling purpose

How: Shared self-respect, Shared Motivations

By this, we assembled today..

Together we stand, Divided we fall

Down to Business - Step 4: Commit

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

What: New stage of personal best

How: Principled relationship, Courage to plan

Are you in?

Kneel, Sir Robert

The Big Leap Forward - Step 5: Cooperate

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

What: Compatible Actions

How: Willing to wait

Tell me when you are done

Let’s do that together

Into the Groove - Step 6: Co-celebrate

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

What: Enjoying one another

How: Time and Space, including face to face

That was so much fun

The drinks are on me

Reaching the Pinnacle? Step 7: Collaborate

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

Collaborate

What: Help one another

How: Desire to serve

"Just a world that we all must share,It's not enough just to stand and stare, is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away“- David Gilmour

No, There is more to it - Step 8: Co-learn

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

Collaborate

Co-learn

What: Meaningful reflection, learn across intellectual, practical, intuitional and spiritual dimensions

How: Shared knowledge claims

Co-learning is not only for the academy

and the yeshiva. Co-learning in the

workplace? YES!

Because co-learning makes us

wiser, more creative and more

competitive and it is so much fun than

learning alone…

Synergy Pays Off - Step 9: Co-facilitate

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

Collaborate

Co-learn

Co-facilitate

What: Value Out of the relationship exceeds the Value In and does so exponentially

How: each party is enhancing and leveraging every other party’s efforts

1 + 1 = 3

Into Space, and Beyond - Step 10: Co-evolve

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

Collaborate

Co-learn

Co-facilitate

Co-evolve

What: proactive change in orchestrated (minimal conflict and waste) way because participants’ levels of consciousness foresee the common good.

How: Joy-enabled Level of Consciousness, self-perception of worthiness

" Years of research have found that only 17% of people within the workplace play to their strengths most of the time. For everyone’s sake this number needs to be higher. Have you ever experienced being at work and doing something where you really felt as if you were in the groove? You know, those activities that left you feeling energized, powerful and strong? It felt great didn’t it? These are the activities that STRENGTHEN you.“- Buckingham (2005)

So how can we put it to use?

1. Set a meeting with your group in a casual & fun setting

Show this scale and have an open discussion

• At which level are we within our team

• At which level are we within our larger group

• At which level are we within the organization

• At which level are we within cross-unit workgroups

• At which level are we in relation to family, peers on the internet, business partners and customers

• At which level is our organization

So how can we put it to use?

Connect

Communicate

Converge

Commit

Cooperate

Co-celebrate

Collaborate

Co-learn

Co-facilitate

Co-evolveWe may be surprised to find out that we can be at different levels at the same time in relation to different people and in different circumstances

Within Our team

With Our

group

With Colleagues

on the web

So how can we put it to use?

1. Figure out what are the main reasons for a high level on some engagements and to a lower level at others? What are the facilitators or the barriers that you experience?

2. Now, think together and find how we can move up the ladder

• Focus on moving up 1 or 2 steps only (don’t ever try to jump on a ladder…)

• Discuss why are reach higher levels in some cases and lower levels in other cases –what are the causes – work processes? Culture? Other causes?

• Set 2-3 action items to mitigate the hurdles that you found and to achieve the goal of moving up one step (or two steps for the daring)

• Set time limits to achieve this

3. Set timely get-togethers and benchmarks to keep on top of progress

4. After this was successful and the new level has become a habit for the team, repeat it to move one level higher again

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Jack Ring – Systemist, Innovation Management, Educe

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Avigdor Sharon - Enterprise Knowledge Solutions Architect,

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