Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your WellBeing

Named The Best Management Book Of 2021 By Strategy+Businessnamed One Of This MonthS Top Titles In The Financial Times In September 2021Named To The Shortlist For The 2021 Outstanding Works Of Literature (Owl) Award In The Management & Culture Categorya Plan For Conquering Collaborative Overload To Drive Performance And Innovation, Reduce Burnout, And Enhance WellBeing.Most Organizations Have Created AlwaysOn Work Contexts That Are Burning People Out And Hurting Performance Rather Than Delivering Productivity, Innovation And Engagement. Collaborative Work Consumes 85% Of Employees Time And Is Drifting Earlier Into The Morning, Later Into The Night, And Deeper Into The Weekend.The Dilemma Is That We All Need To Collaborate More To Create Effective Organizations And Vibrant Careers For Ourselves. But Conventional Wisdom On Teamwork And Collaboration Has Created Too Much Of The Wrong Kind Of Collaboration, Which Hurts Our Performance, Health And Overall WellBeing.In Beyond Collaboration Overload, Babson Professor Rob Cross Solves This Paradox By Showing How Top Performers Who Thrive At Work Collaborate In A More Purposeful Way That Makes Them 1824% More Efficient Than Their Peers. Good Collaborators Are Distinguished By The Efficiency And Intentionality Of Their CollaborationNot The Size Of Their Network Or The Length Of Their Workday.Through Landmark Research With More Than 300 Organizations, InDepth Stories, And Tools, Beyond Collaboration Overload Will Coach You To Reclaim Close To A Day A Week When You: Identify And Challenge Beliefs That Lead You To Collaborate Too Quickly Impose Structure In Your Work To Prevent Unproductive Collaboration Alter Behaviors To Create More Efficient Collaborationit Then Outlines How Successful People Invest This Reclaimed Time To: Cultivate A Broad NetworkNot A Big OneFor Innovation And Scale Energize OthersA Strong Predictor Of High Performance Connect With Others To Reduce MicroStressors And Enhance Physical And Mental WellBeingcross Framework Provides Relief From The Definitive Problem Of Our AgeDysfunctional Collaboration At The Expense Of Our Performance, Health And Overall WellBeing.