Purpose:

Throughout these slides I will discuss my reasoning as well as

some context as I am not actually able to train you on this topic.
This will allow you to understand my purpose without having to sit
through my training and development session.

At this point I would tell our group that there is no toilet paper in
the bathrooms nearby and that they are to pass around this roll of
toilet paper and take as much as they think they will need (this will

Becoming a
transition into our icebreaker)

Collaborative Leader :
Being the Leader your Group Needs

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 Purpose:
This allows our members to not only be able
to learn about myself but this also helps to
establish credibility among the group
members. I need the group to understand

Welcome!
that I am trustworthy and effective within
what I am claiming to be masters at.

My name is Alyssa

I believe that collaborative leaders are important, and by

the end of today you will believe that too!

But, now who are you?

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 Toilet Paper Game
Count how many toilet paper squares you took
For each square you took, tell the group
something about yourself
Things to think about:
What have you learned about your group
members?
What aspects of collaborative leadership
have you seen in this game?
(Ex: others, yourself, the instructor)
Purpose:
The icebreaker allows our members to
feel comfortable within the setting
allowing the maximum amount of training
to take place. This icebreaker is nice in
general because it allows the group to
learn about the others and about how
they view life. This is an important lesson
in being a great collaborative leader.
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 The Battle Plan
Enabling your group to evolve
Creating a collaborative environment
Transforming yourself as a leader
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Justify why relationships are important within a
group
List characteristics of a collaborative environment
Compare and contrast traits of traditional leaders
and collaborative leaders
Purpose:
A survey beforehand would have served as
our needs assessment. After learning about
what our group members needed to know,
we would share this game plan with them
as we deemed this is what they needed to
learn based off of their needs assessment
completed beforehand.
This slide is one of the most important
slides! Especially as adult learners, they
like to know the game plan of the session
and what their end goal is. It provides the
learners a lens to look at in order for them
to see how the message relates to what is
expected of them at the end. This allows
the adult learner to know what is expected
of them and will give them direction in
order to be successful
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 Purpose:
This concept branches together the ice
breaker with our content. The icebreaker
brought the idea that learning about others is
important which transitions into the content
of the training session.

Evolving Your
1 Group
Strong Relationships Among the Group is Important

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 Your Group Members
are Important
Relationships are valuable
Lead horizontally
Purpose:
Having individuals discuss in groups their past experiences
with the content allows them to link together past knowledge
with new knowledge. This will hopefully allow them to
remember it better and allow them to learn from their past.

Show interest in your group

View group members as equal contributors
Help your group to grow to their potential
In groups discuss:
Was there ever a leader that you felt believed
relationships were valuable?
How did this impact the success of the group?
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 Creating the
Collaborative
2 Environment
A Welcoming Culture is a Collaborative Culture

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Establishing a
Collaborative
Environment
Brainstorm at the Whiteboards:
What can a leader do to invite collaboration?

What makes an environment collaborative?

Purpose:
Brainstorming in groups at the whiteboards allows the group to start thinking about the
environment that collaboration needs. When learning about this concept, we can resort
back to the whiteboards to compare and contrast to past knowledge of the group members.

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 Establishing a
Collaborative
Environment
Collaborative environments have:
A common goal among the group members
Trust among the members
Creativity
Openness to communication
Diversity
How does this list compare to yours on the whiteboard?
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 Transforming
3 Yourself
Collaborative Attitudes Start With You

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 Collaboration Starts
With You
Collaborative Leaders: Leaders who work with their group to solve
problems by sharing control with other group members; views group
members as equal and valued members of the group
Five most important traits:
Patience
Empathy
Group-oriented
Flexibility
Trustworthiness
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 Debate:
How is this different than a
traditional leader?
Do you believe there are
other important traits of a
collaborative leader?
Purpose:
This slide not only elaborates on the traits
of a collaborative leader, but the method of
a debate allows individuals to critically
think about the difference between a
traditional leader and a collaborative
leader. This brings their past experience
into the training session.
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 Case Study: Putting
the Pieces Together Purpose:
This assesses to ensure that your group mastered the
objectives you set forth in the beginning of the
training. According to your objectives, each individual

Read the Case Study individually should be able to accurately answer each question to
improve collaboration at the meeting.

In groups, discuss the following questions:

What can the President do to allow his group to gain the most
from this meeting?
How can the President personally enable collaboration within
the meeting?
Write a list for the President to ensure success at his meeting.
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 Recap: Collaboration
is Key
Allow your group to evolve Purpose:
This sums up the training session to tie up

Create an environment for any loose ends throughout the presentation.

This summary gives closure and allows any
final questions to be answered before
collaboration dismissal.

Transform yourself as a leader

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 I can do things you cannot. You
can do things I cannot. Together
we can do great things.

Mother Theresa

Purpose:
I personally like to officially close out training
sessions with a closing quote when the

trainees leave. This provides a real world
example that provides thought-provoking
closure to my training. I think it is a great way
to have them remember the impact of the
lesson.
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