Knowing
What does this capacity mean or involve?
Being
What sensibilities, characteristics, and priorities are cultivated?
Doing
What actions are called for? What would this look like in practice?
Working reciprocally with others.
Working across differences to achieve a shared goal.
Bringing multiple perspectives, diverse experiences, and individual creativity to bear on a pursuit.
Teamwork
Respect for others
Diversity as an asset and strength
Equity, inclusion, access, and anti-racism
Empathy
Listening
Being aware of one's verbal and non-verbal communication
Reciprocity
Receptivity
Flexibility
Creativity
Recognition that collaboration is inevitably contextual and culture-bound
Mindfulness of power inequities
Awareness and maintenance of interpersonal boundaries
Building consensus
Working together for a common purpose
Sharing knowledge and skills
Considering how power and privilege are at work and striving for equity, inclusion, and access
Listening actively and deeply
Being a creative problem solver
Negotiating
Acting reciprocally
Admitting and learning from mistakes
Not rushing to, assuming, or forcing consensus
Asking who is missing or excluded and inviting them to the table
Prioritizing the experiences or perspectives of those whose well-being is most at stake
Receiving feedback on your impact
Process Tools
Setting group norms (helpful article about why and how to set norms)
Listening (strategies for listening from UC Berkeley)
Facilitation (article from the Sheridan Center at Brown University)
Agendas (from the University of Minnesota Extension)
Consensus (a very thorough description of the consensus process, both what it is and how to use it)
Group Formation (a description from MIT of the five stages of group formation (forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning)
Trust Building (How to assess an essential leadership capacity)