How to Build Incredible Collaborative Relationships at Work with Deb Mashek

Enjoy this re-release of one my top listened to episodes with my guest, Deb Mashek. Our guest today is Dr. Deb Mashek, a social psychologist who helps business leaders navigate the relationship headwinds that tank timelines, bottom lines and well-being.  She is an experienced business advisor, professor and non-profit executive.   She is the author of the book Collabor(h)ate: How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone) Timestamps: [05.50] Collaboration – Deb shares a brief bio on herself and defines collaboration in her own terms.  [15.02] Hierarchy – The collaboration of every member is important in a collaborative workspace.  [21.03] The Mashek Matrix – We go through the two dimensions of the Mashek Matrix. [28.47] OCEAN - Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are the big five personality assessments. [36.16] Relationship quality – We talk about ways to improve relationship quality. [46.19] Self-expansion theory – Deb explains the psychological theory of self-expansion.  [59.26] Frequency dial – We talk about formal vs. informal time on the frequency dial in interdependence.  [01.05.52] Invest in relationships – Collaboration is far from easy. We talk about the importance of developing relationships in order to collaborate.  [01.20.27] Best behaviors – We talk about the best behaviors to have when we are building a team for collaboration.  Connect with Deb Website - myco.consulting/                  debmashek.com/  Mashek Matrix:  https://debmashek.lpages.co/mashekmatrix/ Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/debra-mashek-phd LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/debra-mashek/  Twitter - twitter.com/debmashek  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debmashek Book by Deb  Collabor(h)ate:  How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone