This video Collaborative Problem Solving (Lyon, 2018) provides strategies for collaborative problem-solving. Similarly to the video on conflict resolution, the mindset you bring to the collaboration has an impact. As a leader, you can adopt a collaborative mindset, reduce competition between the team members, and be flexible with what the solution might be to support collaborative problem-solving. A good strategy that is offered is, when having a conversation to solve problems, only use 20% of the time talking about the problem and use the remaining 80% of the time offering solutions.
Credits: Red Deer Polytechnic's "Early Childhood Education Leadership Development" Faculty
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