You need to focus on collaboration

As #leaders in each of our respective fields, we are all individually talented and capable of achieving great things. Collectively however we attain even greater and more #successful outcomes. "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"

We as humans like to view the world as linear. Believing that by inputting X hours of (perceived) hard work we will in return deliver X hours of maximum output.

It Simply doesn’t work that way. What you do, who you do it with, how you do it are way more important than how hard you work. Outputs are non linear based and are based on the quality of the work put in. Through collaboration you are able to leverage within a collective to achieve better quality and greater outputs.

Online Collaboration Statistics

Here are four stats showing how online collaboration has positively impacted business.

1. 70% of employees said digital technology improved their collaboration.

(Source: ArubaNetworks) 

You can’t help thinking of employees who don’t use modern technology to their company’s advantage. If seven out of ten employees use digital technology in their workplace collaboration successfully, a growing business and teamwork is the evident result.

2. Online collaboration tools and digital workplaces facilitate increased productivity by up to 30%, digital collaboration statistics reveal.

(Source: McKinsey) 

Project management platforms are one example of tools assisting workplaces with strengthened collaboration and output. Other companies are certainly missing out if workplace productivity is strengthened by 20-30% through online collaboration tools and digital workplaces.

3. 83% of employees rely on using technology for collaboration.

(Source: Alfresco)

As it turns out, while more than three-quarters of a staff team trust technology to help them collaborate, more than half struggle to use an organization’s online tools. Three in ten companies supporting telecommunication are entirely virtual and depend on online collaboration.

4. Fully operational communication systems assist in holding on to top talents in companies by up to 450%.

(Source: Room to Escape)

In 2018, 27% of US employees voluntarily quit their jobs. By using more effective communication systems, companies can better retain their employees with the best skills and talents by up to 4.5 times.

Benefits of Collaboration in the Workplace

Passion drives performance. People who love what they do are motivated to be and do better. Here are five collaborative workplace statistics.

1. Happy workers can increase their productivity by up to 20% more than unhappy workers.

(Source: Social Market Foundation)

Think of the benefits of having one-fifth of full-time staff working harder because they’re happy.

2. Collaboration is in the top four important skills for employees’ future success.

(Source: Emergenetics)

In addition to collaboration, other top four important skills contributing to workers’ prospective successes were critical thinking and leadership.

3. Extremely connected teams demonstrate a 21% increase in profitability.

(Source: Gallup)

Good news! Teams that rank among the top 20% in terms of connectedness benefit from a 41% decrease in employee absenteeism. Additionally, these workplace wellness stats show that 59% fewer workers leave the company.

4. 61% of workers experience burnout.  

(Source: Career Builder)

31% of workers admit to suffering from extreme stress. A company sharing duties, responsibilities, and tasks can help to distribute the workload more evenly to boost productivity.

5. According to team building statistics, 70% of workers that they will spend more time on collaborative platforms in the future. 

(Source: Deloitte)

It’s encouraging if nearly three-quarters of employees can see workplace collaboration having a more prominent place in the future.

For me 2021 is the year of partnerships, teamwork and collaboration (internal and external to my organisation). It will form part of every action, conversation and decision I take in order to make 2021 an even greater success than I could ever envisage to achieve as an individual.

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