A team is a small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves accountable. Effective collaboration is at the center of it all. Managers must have the right skills to help foster effective team collaboration within their department.

For this discussion:

• Discuss two of the following skills that you think will help a manager foster effective team collaboration:
  • Oral and written communication.
  • Team building.
  • Organizational skills.
  • Time management.
  • People management.
  • Motivational skills.
• Offer a strategy a manager can use to improve collaboration among team members for each of your chosen skills.