START WITH COLLABORATION!
Businesses are transforming how they work.
Businesses will multiply their efforts exponentially by
connecting with other business owners.
YOUR COLLABORATION MASTERMIND TO GROW AND SCALE
If you do it alone, you WILL BE OBSOLETE.
.You can be a spectacular business and not thrive.
.You can have a positive attitude, be creative, and bold and still not thrive
.You can be the master of sales and marketing and not thrive.
.You can provide great value, great service, and great expertise and not thrive.
.Your business can literally be a paragon of virtues, and a strong brand and great following on social media and still not thrive.
Working with Lois is a joy. She’s just incredible; that is, she is encouraging, positive, and friendly. Most important, you get a big project done, you have a lot of fun doing it, and credit is shared with everybody. This creates a great deal of satisfaction.
Bringing the heat and energy Chris! Great presentations thus far from Lois.
All presentations were so great! Awesome Summit!
Great tips! Thank you Lois.
Great information from Lois.
Nice job, Lois! Great reminders of what I should be doing.
You are all power house speakers and I thank you for the tips you shared with all of us today!
Rochelle Froloff RN, this has been wonderful, so much valuable information, so happy to be part of Epic to meet everyone
Thank you! Awesome!
Great Information Lois!! Can't wait to use your tools.
WHAT IS COLLABORATION?
Collaboration occurs when people work together to accomplish a common goal.
Collaboration can occur between individuals or groups, as well as between entities such as organizations, governments
Collaborators share their skills, resources and experiences to achieve a common goal.
By sharing knowledge, skills, and resources, productivity, creativity, innovation and profitability are increased.
Within organizations, collaboration improves organizational culture and employee engagement by building trust, inclusivity, and vitality of relationships and increases productivity.
Collaborating with external stakeholders and companies increases value to stakeholders and establishes a strong market presence.
Collaboration Ecosystem: groups of companies working to solve challenges through:
- Identifying their joint opportunities
- Identifying resources they have and resources they need
- Identifying business results they want
To collaborate, we need:
- We will need a different mindset.
- We will need a common goal.
- Focus is on the long term
We will need to develop collaborative relationships with people and groups who think differently than us-our competitors, government, public and private businesses, NGO’-it is through different thinking we will workable solutions.
We will need a new flexibility and resilience.
WHAT IS THE "NEW NORMAL"
PERIOD WE ARE ENTERING?
OUR FOCUS HAS MOVED.
It has gone from:
- Organizations to people.
- From profit to mutual prosperity.
- From "me" to "we".
IN THE PAST...
- We acted individually.
- We were tenaciously competitive.
- We played everything close to the chest.
It will require businesses coming together to form collaborative relationships. They will grow, compete, and disrupt the competition together. This is more than the “old mastermind” or networking organization. It is the creation of a living, breathing ecosystem that works to grow and scale one another.
COLLABORATION CLIENT JOURNEY
MYTHS ABOUT COLLABORATION
I will lose my brand
Businesses Working collaboratively function similarly to the way families behave. In our families of origin, we establish who we are so we can confidently venture out to work and enjoy others. When we venture out, we don’t lose our sense of self. Rather, as we became part of others our identities grow, are stretched, and strengthened. Likewise, through collaboration, your brand will strengthen and be more competitive.
Companies that have a collaborative strategy are TWO TIMES more likely to outgrow their competition than companies that do not have a collaborative strategy. Through collaboration, you are bigger and stronger than you are alone.
It will take too much time. Initially, collaboration may seem to take more time. New learning may be necessary as you discover new ways of doing things, a new mindset, and new skills. Once in the “flow” of collaborating you will find you have more time and more energy for your business.
People are too self-involved to help. Some people are not collaborators. For that reason, we have an application process. We will screen people for their willingness to collaborate and help one another.
If I am a giver, I am a loser. Herein lies a paradox. Initially, givers may seem to benefit less, but research shows that in the end they are the winners because they attract other givers to themselves. Start With Collaboration Mastermind screens members for their generous spirit.
Collaborative companies enjoy the knowledge and skills of one another. As such, they are more resourceful in their access to new resources. As Tony Robbins says, “It is not our lack of resources that stops leaders from accomplishing their goals, rather, it is their lack of resourcefulness.” Through the Start with Collaboration Mastermind, you will be abundantly resourceful.
DREAM COLLABORATORS …”
JOIN OUR COLLABORATION MASTERMIND
COLLABORATION BENEFITS
CHALLENGES TO COLLABORATION WITHIN COMPANIES
- Silo structure of organizations
- Intense competition among people & their roles.
- Short term focus vs long term focus
- Fear of losing identity
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Kate GladdinKate Gladdin
I had the honor of working with Lois on a podcast series for building resilience in the workplace, especially among millennials in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
If you have the opportunity to work with Lois, absolutely go for it! She has an amazing way of bringing out the best in people – helping them not only realize their own strengths but grow them so you will come out the other side of the experience all the better for it. She is the ultimate professional yet has a warmth about her that makes learning from her true joy. When Lois speaks, you want to listen because you know its wisdom that’s been earned from many years in the corporate space and she’s so generous with the insight and guidance that she offers.
Celina Souffrant
Lois was an amazing host who provided a lively conversation with her sharp whit and engaging questions. I would highly recommend her podcast (and consulting services) to anyone looking for expertise and guidance in growing their business and achieving professional excellence!
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