Session 9.3 - Collaboration, Teamwork, and Leadership

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I chose this image because self-awareness involves recognizing and managing our emotions. It requires us to look inward to better understand our emotional state. This picture depicts a man looking into a mirror and his reflection is jumping out of the mirror which demonstrates self-awareness because as the man takes time to reflect upon himself in the mirror he is tuning into what he sees. His reflect is not merely a mirror-image of himself, but rather, it is jumping out of the mirror because he is able to see himself, his thoughts, feelings, and behavior beyond what they mean in terms of him, but also in terms of how it impacts others.

This article discusses how self-awareness leads to success in the sense that it allows you to recognize your own biases, manage your emotions, and be more empathetic to your colleagues which is crucial in teamwork.

The Missing Ingredient in Teamwork: How Self-Awareness Leads to Success

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This article discusses how self-awareness plays an important role in the construction of our team dynamics. Self-aware leaders must account for internal and external self-awareness.

Self-Awareness: An Essential Trait of Contemporary Teambuilding

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This article argues that self-awareness is the "meta-skill of the 21st century" where self-awareness allows leaders and organizations to overcome blindspots, assumptions, and over-confidence that typically prevent growth and development. This article describes how to develop self-aware teams.

Self-Awareness: An Essential Trait of Contemporary Teambuilding

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This video is about how self-awareness leads to effective teamwork through thinking through questions like "What do I bring to the team?" and "How do I engage in a team?"

This video is discusses self-awareness as a professional skill in which self-awareness can lead to stronger work relationships as you work to better understand your personal strengths and weaknesses.

This video discusses how self-awareness is a key component of solving problems by understanding how the solutions we think of derive from our perception and how our perception derives from our awareness. By understanding this pathway, we can improve our problem-solving skills.

This article unpacks the top five strategies to improving teamwork and collaboration which are modeling collaborative behavior, investing in hybrid structure, setting clear expectations, recognizing and celebrating teammates' strengths, and embracing change.

How Teamwork and Collaboration are Vital to the Workplace

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This article discusses the similarities and differences between teamwork and collaboration and talks about what collaborative teamwork entails.

Teamwork vs. Collaboration: 7 Key Differences

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This image depicts collaboration and teamwork because it shows how working together can help a team assemble the bigger picture which can lead to bigger and brighter ideas.