Collaborating Characteristics: Understanding, Appreciative, Involving, Co-operative, Compromising, Trusting

The collaborating style typically works well with stakeholders who have an S-Steadiness DISC style; Support priority.

Advantages:

Gets buy-in early on

Involves others in the process

Encourages a variety of input

Involves building on others ideas

When to use:

You need information and experience from others to direct action or complete a task

A task requires the sustained energy of a team or group over a long time period

You want to develop the capabilities of the team or group members

The outcome requires an innovative solution

The outcome or task is unclear and you need to understand the situation better

Phrases:

Let me see if I have all the information about this situation

What do you think the problem is?

Let me ask you a question, when this occurs in your business unit, what do you typically do?

We re not meeting our required goal, what are your thoughts?

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