Collaboration 

Collaboration is not the same today as it was 20 years ago. 

In today's global economy, high-speed communications allow virtual teams to take on projects from locations spread out across the globe. To keep up with this rapidly growing trend, employees are expected to have both traditional team-building skills and the self-direction to effectively collaborate from afar. AMA believes that your collaborative success depends on:

• Developing trust: When the only forms of communication are emails, net meetings, and conference calls, you need to know how to develop trust without face-to-face interaction.
• Leading with Influence: Teamwork goes with leadership. Learn how the ability to influence those around you can be your greatest leadership asset.
• Working fluidly across boundaries: Learning people's methods, cultural references, and work habits are necessary to collaborate for an effective end.
• Demonstrating global awareness: Your ability to understand what is going on in the world is essential in becoming an active and informed teammate and leader

These skills will give participants the chance to become an integral member and leader in today's global economy. For a complete listing of AMA seminars, webcasts, books and articles on collaboration, see below.

First

Seminars:

• Building Better Work Relationships: New Techniques for Results-Oriented Communication #2235
  Build constructive and beneficial work relationships by learning how to analyze situations and consciously select and use productive communication strategies.
• Communicating Up, Down and Across the Organization #2203
  Learn practical and adaptive strategies for upward, downward and across communication to inform and influence others no matter where they fit in the organizational chart.
• Responding to Conflict: Strategies for Improved Communication #2115
  Rather than react to conflict on a purely emotional level, learn to manage disputes and disagreements positively and proactively.
• Communicating with Confidence #2210
  This seminar will give you a strong foundation in essential communication skills and competencies through practice sessions and role plays.

Then

Seminars: 

• Getting Results Without Authority #2532
  Personal power, persuasion and negotiation: focus on the key elements of influencing others when there is lack of authority.
• Developing Your Emotional Intelligence #2144
  Enhance your self-awareness and make emotions work for you to build more productive relationships.
• Expanding Your Influence: Understanding the Psychology of Persuasion #2204
  Explore persuasive psychological triggers and understand how they are used to build influence and earn trust.
• Assertiveness Training #2188
  Deal with conflict, give and receive feedback and address business etiquette with assertiveness training.
• Developing Effective Business Conversation Skills #2109
  Enhancing your business conversation skills to create buy-in for ideas, make better-informed decisions and obtain committed action from others.
• The Effective Facilitator: Maximizing Involvement and Results #2578
  Bring out the best in individual players and orchestrate successful group efforts.

Articles:

• The Science of Asking Great Questions, by Jim Camp
  Asking questions is a science and an art. The art is found in your tone of voice, your body language, and your remarks before asking your questions. The science is found in how you construct your question.
• Want to Get Your Way? Watch and Listen
  The ability to speak persuasively is, of course, central to making an effective argument—the ability to listen skillfully and effectively is just as important.

Polish with

Seminars:

• Negotiating to Win #2513
  Gain the skills, insights and competencies required in all negotiation—in every industry, at every level.
• Coaching: A Strategic Tool for Effective Leadership #2506
  Get skills for coaching employees to improve the effectiveness of individuals and teams
• The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results #2130
  It's a fact of organizational life: Leadership communication goes hand-in-hand with success.
• Advanced Leadership Communication Strategies #2134
  Motivate action at every level and influence the toughest executives, customers, subordinates and stakeholders.

Articles:

• Three Icebreaker Activities for Your Next Meeting
  Set your sights on helping everyone meet a few new people, people with whom they can network for the day.