Remember in high school when you had to work in groups? There was always someone who wasn't there, someone who was there but did nothing and then 1 or 2 others who actually did everything and then got angry because of the low grade the project got. That may be a reason why you now think, No people, no problem. Unfortunately, that doesn't promote cooperation
What is collaboration?
Collaboration means working with multiple people to achieve the same goal. This does not have to mean that everyone does exactly the same thing.
It can also mean that each has a skill that contributes to the achievement of the goal and by bringing all those unique skills together, the goal is then more easily achieved than if someone has to master all those skills on their own.
For this, it is also important that you as an organization can organize that knowledge and expertise so that it is used at the right time to achieve the goal as quickly as possible. In doing so, it can also help if the knowledge is transferred from one person to another[1].
Working together as a team
When it comes to working together in a team, team sports often come to mind. Everyone knows the game of soccer and how there everyone has their role on the team to make sure the team wins the game, or at least doesn't lose.
When you have clear teams at work with tasks, collaboration is predetermined.
There are three ways teams are looked at namely:
- Individual factors
- Group Factors
- Environment
Individual factors revolve around what each member of the group brings to make the collaboration a success.
Group factors include group size and average composition.
Environmental factors involve what tasks the group has to perform and what reward system is in place to encourage cooperation[2].
Hypnosis primarily affects individual factors and how you respond to the tasks your team must perform and the reward system. Hypnosis can thus help foster team cooperation.
For example: With collaboration, it is important to give other team members credit where they deserve it and to hold them accountable when something is not going well. Modesty also goes a long way in collaborations so you don't take credit for something you didn't do. That does not benefit the collaboration in the long run.
Your beliefs about working together in teams can be examined and improved by a hypnosis expert if needed. If you find that you don't work well with team members, you can take a look at what has created that block to showing the back of your (business) tongue.
Hypnosis experts can then help you with regression, for example. During a regression, you go back to the moment when your subconscious mind figured out that, for example, it is not good business sense to tell all in a team.
Because many beliefs are formed in childhood, for example during the first time you had to work together, you can have beliefs that don't make sense at all. By looking at this now with your adult knowledge, the belief can soon have less influence, already allowing you to work better together in a team.
Collaborate with colleagues
Of course where work is done with colleagues you can almost always already speak of a team, but it certainly doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes your work requires you to collaborate with your colleagues and to seek that collaboration yourself.
Maybe you find it very scary to work with other colleagues or you prefer to do everything yourself. Then at some point you may still find yourself running into yourself because you simply cannot do everything on your own.
In this case, a hypnosis expert can help you with beliefs that will help you seek collaboration with colleagues. This can be done, for example, through hypnotic suggestions that you listen to at home during self-hypnosis on an mp3.
These may include suggestions such as:
"By collaborating with others, you make yourself stronger," says Dr. K. K., who is a member of the community.
"You can ask for help."
"Before you collaborate you may look at the talents of people around you."
"It's good to show personal leadership," says Dr. K. K., who is a member of the community.
"You get to take initiative to bring a project to fruition."
These are just examples of hypnotic suggestions that can improve collaboration. Depending on your beliefs about collaboration, a hypnosis expert may choose to provide you with other suggestions on an mp3.
Negotiating for collaboration
Then, when you finally dare to take the step to collaborate more with others, it is often also necessary to make the collaboration attractive to the person with whom you want to collaborate.
For this, it is important to be able to negotiate a little.
For example, if you work in the communications department of a company, you may need to find someone with a totally different job function to do a nice internal newsletter or to communicate company developments properly to other people when you may not have the knowledge to do so well.
For example, an IT guy can then explain a lot about new systems being implemented, but you still have to convince that IT guy to cooperate.
The IT guy then appears in the company magazine, for example, or even on the company's social media and website to explain something to customers. He may not be waiting for that publicity at all, while you need those talents.
So in that case, you need to start negotiating to make the partnership as attractive as possible. You can practice this, for example, with a guided visualization. In such a visualization you stimulate your imagination about how you are going to tackle something. You see before you, as it were, how the conversation will go.
For example:
"You need help for a project and for that you need someone handy. At work, you observe your colleagues for a few days to see who is handy. You also ask your colleagues who you should ask for help with your project. When you finally make up your mind who to ask, all you have to do is make the move. You go to your colleague. Takes a breath and relaxes your body as you look at your colleague smiling. "Hello X, I've noticed that you're pretty good at X and that's exactly why I need help. The project is about X and X and if I get it completed well it will mean a lot to me. If you want to help me I can also help you with your projects in the future if you want and otherwise I can bring you coffee a little more often or something like that. Do you want to help me? Otherwise, take your time to think about it." After you have expressed the request for help you already feel better because you have already taken this step. A yes or a no doesn't matter so much then, because you already have a backup person in your head whom you can also ask for help through observations of yourself and advice from your colleagues."
This is just an example of a guided visualization. Depending on your problem of entering into a partnership, a hypnosis expert may give you a different visualization.
Visualizations also often focus on controlling your nerves and how to apply techniques directly to stay calm when you get very nervous about asking for help.
Collaboration can therefore take place under a variety of circumstances. You can collaborate because you have to and you have a team you are assigned to or you can collaborate because you want to in order to achieve your own goals.
In each case, collaboration allows you to achieve complex goals and gather different talents around you to achieve that goal.
Hypnosis can help make collaboration easier for you in multiple ways. Want to learn more about how hypnosis can help you or other people? Then come to a hypnosis playshop or enroll in one of our trainings at the Hypnosis Insitute Netherlands. Ask about online options if that is your preference.
[1] https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.1050.0366
[2] https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/1998-02893-003.html
