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Last updated on 23rd November 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the recent Disney documentary, Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2<\/em> viewers got a chance to see just how much work really<\/em> goes into these feature-length animations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team behind the movie was 800 people strong. According to IMDB<\/a>, there were 107 people in the music department alone<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so many people involved, and so much pressure to live up to the success of the first movie, collaboration was paramount for the team behind Frozen 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, collaboration is key for getting any project off the ground and moving in the right direction – from rocket launches, to movies, and even this article! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re looking to boost team collaboration skills in your business, here are 12 ways to get started…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is team collaboration so important?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, let\u2019s take a look at why team collaboration is so important. When teams collaborate together successfully, wonderful things can happen<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, it means teams can share knowledge, learn from one another, and improve. This often leads to a boost in morale, and can even snowball into increased efficiency and productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, when teams enjoy collaborating with one another, it\u2019s likely to improve the retention rates of your business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the longer people stay with your company, the more successful your collaboration will be as everyone gets to know each other better and understands the most efficient ways of working together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Improve communication<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first step towards boosting your team\u2019s collaboration skills is improving communication. There should be solid rules for communication in your team, including what tools should be used and how you want everyone to use them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to our Communication Statistics 2023 report<\/a>, businesses primarily use email for communication between co-workers. However, the same report also found that 63% of people have missed a message or important piece of information that went into a colleague\u2019s inbox<\/strong> while that colleague was away or absent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so many intuitive project management tools out there, why restrict yourself to email communication?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project.co<\/a> helps keep team communication centralised. Our discussions tab acts as a timeline of all communication on any given project, and each message is dated and time-stamped making it easy to search. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone who is added to the project via the people tab can choose whether to receive email notifications of the messages or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to The 2020 UK Workplace Stress<\/a> survey, the second most common cause of stress in the workplace (after \u201coffice politics\u201d) is \u201clack of interdepartmental communications\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When communication is improved, it reduces stress among the team as everyone knows what\u2019s expected of them and how to get in touch with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Train your team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want your team to work collaboratively then you need to train them with collaboration in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes training employees to appreciate others, engage in meaningful conversations, and productively resolve conflicts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular training sessions – especially those that involve roleplaying scenarios – can help to prepare your team for future situations where collaboration and conflict resolution may be required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Successful collaboration is also strongly connected to good listening practices and negotiating skills. So training around these areas can increase your team\u2019s proficiency when it comes to working well together, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Use collaboration tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the best ways to boost collaboration is to use tools that can help! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are tons of great collaboration tools out there to suit any team in any industry – some of them are even free! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Meet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Google Meet is a free video conferencing app available to anyone with a Google account. Teams can use this for regular meetings to discuss projects, and it also has screen-sharing functionality so that everyone can collaborate on work together, in real time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

InVision<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

InVision is a collaboration tool for digital product design. It allows everyone in the team to create and interact with plans and prototypes in real time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To take a digital product from conception to realisation requires a lot of teamwork, so a tool like InVision can be invaluable for sharing ideas and gathering feedback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project.co<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We built Project.co with collaboration in mind. You can create an infinite number of projects to manage everything from your social media calendar<\/a>, to a one-off event<\/a>, or even the onboarding of new employees<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With our embeds feature, you can share what you\u2019re working on – whether it\u2019s a Google Docs file, an InVision board, or even a video – with the rest of your team and they can give real-time feedback without ever leaving the project: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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