Collabor(h)ate, as you might have guessed from the title, is a book about Collaborations, and how to make them succeed.

The book provides some guidelines to transform a collaboration from Collabo(h)ate to Collabo(g)reat, giving some insights into some things such as:
- How evaluate the stage of your current relationship
- How to transform you relationship for success
- How to decide if collaboration should be pursued
- How to exit a collaboration

The language of the book is accessible and it is very well organized - I would recommend to anyone struggling with work collaborations.

We all have to do it, whether virtually or face to face. There are people we naturally warm to and work well with, and those who we struggle to find common ground with - no matter how hard we try.

Regardless of the environment you are in, there are times where you have to work with those who you would rather not, it is those relationships which generally take more time to build, and in the early stages cause us the most stress.

Collabor(h)ate is an excellent book, which gives you brilliant tips in how you can turn (virtually) any relationship you hate, into one that is great.

What about those where you cannot turn into something great? For those, there are helpful tips on how you can at least stay sane - knowing you have done all that you can, and the problem isnt you.

Personally, i've been trying to put this into practice - it seems to be working.

For a short book, it's exceptionally powerful, and one I would not hesitate to recommend.

Collaboration is fast being the number one soft skill that employers and hiring managers seek. This was a timely read and very well written.

Collaboration. This single word brings up mixed emotions. It can be rewarding and impactful. Or it can go sideways and be difficult and unproductive. The author of Collabor(h)ate is a relationships researcher and a professional collaboration workshop facilitator who shares insight into how to get the most out of collaborations. Her Mashek Matrix, nine strategies to positively influence collaborative relationships , and insight into understanding and managing interdependence are worth their weight in gold. Author Deb Mashek will take you from Collabor(h)ate to CollaborGreat.