Collaborating — Building trust and working together

Developing relationships of trust, acknowledging diverse values, skills, and perspectives, and creating safe spaces enables everyone to contribute to shared purposes and collective impact.

• Relationship-Building Skills: Nurturing relationships with emotional intelligence grounded in trust, respect, mutual understanding, and a spirit of collaboration.
• Inclusive Mindset and Intercultural Competence: Willingness and competence to embrace diversity and include people and communities with different perspectives and backgrounds.
• Co-Creation Skills: Facilitating collaborative processes with diverse stakeholders, fostering teamwork and psychological safety, and being aware of power dynamics.
• Communication Skills: Ability to listen deeply, foster genuine dialogue, advocate one's views skillfully, manage conflicts constructively and adapt communication to diverse groups.
• Mobilization Skills: Inspiring and enabling others to engage in shared purposes and collective action.