Our guest today is Dr. Deb Mashek, a social psychologist who helps business leaders navigate the relationship headwinds that tank timelines, bottom lines and well-being.  She is an experienced business advisor, professor and non-profit executive.   She is the author of the book Collabor(h)ate: How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone)

[05.50] Collaboration – Deb shares a brief bio on herself and defines collaboration in her own terms. 

[15.02] Hierarchy – The collaboration of every member is important in a collaborative workspace. 

[21.03] The Mashek Matrix – We go through the two dimensions of the Mashek Matrix.

[28.47] OCEAN - Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are the big five personality assessments.

[36.16] Relationship quality – We talk about ways to improve relationship quality.

[46.19] Self-expansion theory – Deb explains the psychological theory of self-expansion. 

[59.26] Frequency dial – We talk about formal vs. informal time on the frequency dial in interdependence. 

[01.05.52] Invest in relationships – Collaboration is far from easy. We talk about the importance of developing relationships in order to collaborate. 

[01.20.27] Best behaviors – We talk about the best behaviors to have when we are building a team for collaboration. 

Resources

Connect with Deb

Website - myco.consulting/ 

                debmashek.com/ 

Mashek Matrix:  https://debmashek.lpages.co/mashekmatrix/

Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/debra-mashek-phd

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/debra-mashek/ 

Twitter - twitter.com/debmashek 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debmashek

Book by Deb 

Collabor(h)ate:  How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone)

Book by Oliver Burkeman
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals 

Book by Liane Davey
The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track 

Book by Linda Flanagan
Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--And Why It Matters 

Book by Clifton Corbin
Your Kids, Their Money: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Literate Children