{"id":66859,"date":"2022-05-14T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=66859"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:58:18","slug":"collaboration-in-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/collaboration-in-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Encourage Collaboration in Your Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are your employees unwilling to collaborate? What can you, as a leader do, to encourage collaboration in your organization? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to fostering collaboration in your organization is to nurture a higher purpose. When you and your subordinates are devoted to fulfilling this kind of purpose, the possibility that you\u2019ll fail to do so becomes enough of a threat to encourage collaboration and strengthen the supportive environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how having a higher purpose unites teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-simon-sinek-a-higher-purpose-inspires-collaboration\">Simon Sinek: A <strong>Higher Purpose<\/strong> Inspires Collaboration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>Leaders Eat Last<\/em>, Sinek explains that a higher purpose is similar to a long-term goal in that it takes time and company-wide cooperation to complete. However, higher purposes are more abstract than long-term goals: They usually provide a sense of meaning beyond making profits or dominating a field, and they don\u2019t have concrete timelines for completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinek explains that there are two conditions your higher purpose must meet to effectively encourage collaboration in your organization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Your company can\u2019t currently have the resources to fulfill the higher purpose.<\/strong> If your higher purpose is easily fulfilled, Sinek says it doesn\u2019t provide the necessary pressure to inspire cooperation and oxytocin production. Your company needs to continually struggle to fulfill the higher purpose. This struggle applies constant external pressure, which inspires your subordinates to collaborate and experiment with innovative ways of fulfilling the higher purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Positive Pressure of Creative Tension<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/users-guide-creative-tension\/\">The constant external pressure caused by an unfulfilled higher purpose is also called \u201ccreative tension.\u201d<\/a> Creative tension motivates you to complete your goals through cognitive dissonance: You know what you want to do, and you know that you\u2019re not currently doing it. Your brain dislikes this contrast and motivates you to close the gap between your desires and reality.&nbsp;<br><br>You can encourage this powerful motivational tool in yourself by clearly articulating your higher purpose and the ways your current reality contrasts that purpose. Articulating this in writing can be helpful because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markmurphy\/2018\/04\/15\/neuroscience-explains-why-you-need-to-write-down-your-goals-if-you-actually-want-to-achieve-them\/?sh=1c317ec97905\">writing forces your brain to be detailed and look at your ideas in new and creative ways.<\/a> It also helps you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/remember-your-goals\/\">remember your goals<\/a> better, which means your creative tension and motivation will last longer.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. The higher purpose must serve others.<\/strong> Selflessness is an important element of an effective higher purpose because it\u2019s inspirational, and inspired people work harder and are more dedicated. Sinek implies that helping others is inspirational because it prompts your brain to release higher levels of oxytocin. The happy feelings oxytocin provides motivate you and your subordinates to continue working hard and helping others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, selfish goals, like becoming a leader in your industry or making a certain amount of profit, won\u2019t inspire your employees because that goal only benefits the company, which doesn\u2019t release oxytocin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Can Selfish Goals Inspire Employees?<\/strong><br><br>Sinek says that selfish goals can\u2019t inspire employees to work harder or be more dedicated. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/nassim-nicholas-taleb\/\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a> argues in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/skin-in-the-game\"><em>Skin in the Game<\/em><\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/skin-in-the-game\/part-1-chapter-2#where-the-employee-employer-relationship-falls-short\">this depends on the employees\u2019 compensation model<\/a>: Employees with a fixed salary aren&#8217;t directly affected by generating more profit for the company, so they\u2019re not motivated to do so. By this logic, employees who rely on commissions are motivated to gain more money\u2014their pay is less secure, so they work harder and more efficiently. Thus, it <em>is<\/em> possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/motivate-employees-as-a-manager\/\">motivate employees<\/a> with a selfish goal.<br><br>However, this is <em>motivation<\/em> caused by financial reward<em>,<\/em> rather than <em>inspiration<\/em>, which is caused by oxytocin.<em> <\/em>Whereas the hard work and dedication caused by motivation only last as long as the monetary benefits do, inspiration provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-maintain-motivation\/\">long-term motivation<\/a> that\u2019s based on helping others and overall happiness. Thus, focus on encouraging inspiration to motivate employees long-term, rather than relying on a financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-incentive-meaning-and-definition-economics\/\">incentive<\/a>: They\u2019ll be happier and more productive regardless of their compensation model.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are your employees unwilling to collaborate? What can you, as a leader do, to encourage collaboration in your organization? The key to fostering collaboration in your organization is to nurture a higher purpose. When you and your subordinates are devoted to fulfilling this kind of purpose, the possibility that you\u2019ll fail to do so becomes enough of a threat to encourage collaboration and strengthen the supportive environment. 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