ATD Greater Boston Presents:

April "lunch and learn": Why is Collaboration so Hard?

with Katie McLaughlin

April 27, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM

Virtual event - link in registration email

Description

No matter where you work or what your role, you don’t do your job as an island all to yourself. You likely engage with many different people from colleagues, leaders, customers, and more. Have you ever dreaded working with someone? Avoided meetings with them? Complained about the work to do or how they did it? Had someone take credit for your ideas? Then you know the pains of collaboration gone wrong. With collaboration an unavoidable work activity, we need a fix! Join this interactive, experiential session to learn: fundamental problems that drive collaboration issues and actions you can take today to improve your collaborations.

Learning Objectives

• Define basic collaboration problems
• Compare and contrast different perspectives to a problem
• Identify pitfalls of your past collaborations
• Discuss and question your blockers to engaging in collaboration efforts
• Prepare for future collaboration with example actions to promote connection

About the Presenter

Katie McLaughlin is the Founder, Chief Strategist and Transformation Artist at McLaughlin Method. She helps organizations create engaged employees and a positive, inclusive workplace culture. She uses techniques from improvisational theatre to rehearse common scenarios in the work environment and adopt behaviors that support organizational culture goals. Katie has over 20 years experience facilitating, teaching, and coaching. Before starting McLaughlin Method, Katie earned two Horizon Awards for her trainings, supported software implementations with robust change management programs, and developed countless onboarding programs for Sales, Customer Service, and other customer facing roles. Katie is passionate about people, dancing, and travel. She believes we can build a better world one interaction at a time.

More Biography at: https://mclaughlinmethod.com/about