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Beyond Collaboration Overload How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

By Rob Cross

Organizations are addicted to collaboration as the default mode of work and they assume it's good. It's not. Collaboration overload plagues us in ways that prevent us from being our best selves at work and in our lives. But there is an answer: Precision collaboration. The top 10% of workers who now how to work with others intentionally and effectively gain back 18-24% of their time—a full workday each week—and are happier people living more fulfilling lives.

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Book Information

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publish Date: 09/14/2021
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781647820121
ISBN-10: 164782012X
Language: Eng

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Organizations are addicted to collaboration as the default mode of work and they assume it's good. It's not. Collaboration overload plagues us in ways that prevent us from being our best selves at work and in our lives. But there is an answer: Precision collaboration. The top 10% of workers who now how to work with others intentionally and effectively gain back 18-24% of their time—a full workday each week—and are happier people living more fulfilling lives. Here's your guide to becoming a precision collaborator.

  • Myth-busting and eye-opening treatise on a topic that doesn't get enough critical scrutiny.
  • Rigorous research supports ideas.
  • Utterly practical approach to applying principles makes content useful above all.
  • Well-organized two-part structure that's easy to follow and apply.
  • Compelling stories from research.

Audience: Managers, collaborative workers, HR and HR program leaders (who would distribute ala F90D), Learning professionals.

About the Author

Rob Cross is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College, cofounder and director of the Connected Commons, and the author of Beyond Collaboration Overload.

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