38. Authentic Collaboration: Practical Tips to Lead and Energize Your Team with Edward van Luinen and Tricia Cerrone

My guests on this episode believe that they have cracked the code on improved collaboration and creating healthy organizational culture. It’s an issue that most companies need to address--especially since a recent Salesforce Survey found that 85% of respondents said that the primary reason for failed projects and workplace failures is “poor communication and an overall lack of collaboration.” Few people would disagree; however, most people don’t know how to fix it. Our guests believe the answer is authentic collaboration.

About the Guests

Tricia Cerrone

Courage and collaboration are hallmarks of Tricia’s global leadership experience, whether it is leading a project, innovating new designs, or overseeing a portfolio of work. With a keen eye for talent and more than 20 years on the business and production side of designing and delivering technically challenging projects at Disney and other Fortune 500 companies, Tricia is adept at inspiring and motivating teams toward successful outcomes while advancing careers and developing new leaders. She is also an award winning author and screenwriter, as well as co-CEO of Authentic Collaboration.

Edward van Luinen

Edward is CEO and Board Advisor of Global Talent Builders, LLC, a worldwide recruiting, change, DE&I, and workforce development company in Pasadena, California, as well as co-CEO of Authentic Collaboration.  His corporate talent and change experience features Walt Disney Imagineering, Sony, Heineken, and Avon Products, Inc. Edward’s collaboration motto is “advance a team member when you advance yourself.” He has worked in Africa, Europe, and North America. Edward collaborates in both French and English.

 

What You’ll Learn on this Episode

• The definition of “Authentic Collaboration”
• How authentic collaboration drives better outcomes
• The five behaviors of Authentic Collaboration
• Practical tips for kicking off or reinvigorating your team leadership with meeting, coaching, and career development tactics that work
• How to start Authentic Collaboration

Links for This Episode:

• Website: https://authentic-collaboration.com

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/authentic-collaboration/?viewAsMember=true

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 5:04 The real danger of a bad team environment 
• 9:38 What “Authentic Collaboration” is and why it matters
• 13:37 When Edward and Tricia first met 
• 17:33 Why leaders should make their focus relationships 
• 19:27 5 ways to have better collaboration 
• 21:54 How generosity can change your team
• 27:43 How any leader can get better at collaboration today!
• 32:40 How collaboration can break cultural barriers 
• 38:41 Tips all new leaders should hear 
• 48:17 Dr. Mike’s biggest takeaways and tips for listeners