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  • 1. What Is Collaborative Work?
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Guide overview
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  • 2. What Is an Enterprise Collaboration System?
  • 3. Introduction to Collaborative Teamwork
  • 4. Collaborative Work Skills
  • 5. Best Collaboration Tools
  • 6. Benefits of Collaboration in the Workplace
  • 7. Challenges of Collaborative Working
  • 8. Tips for Successful Collaboration in the Workplace
  • 9. Effective Collaboration Strategies
  • 10. What Is Cross-Functional Team Collaboration?
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What Is the Importance of Collaborative Work Communication?

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Rachael Kealy
Rachael Kealy Content Marketing Manager, Wrike

What Is the Importance of Collaborative Work Communication?

Collaborative work communication is the deliberate coming together of managers and team members to plan, execute, and improve communication strategies and processes on collaborative projects. 

It is necessary for modern businesses in a world of remote and hybrid work and location-agnostic products and services. It helps optimize and coordinate methods of communication internally within the company and externally with partners and other stakeholders. 

In our fast-paced world, where news flies fast and changes happen rapidly, collaborative work communication empowers teams to stay in sync through synchronous and asynchronous communication channels and tools. Other vital uses of collaborative work communication include:

1. Aligns leadership, managers, and employees on a shared goal

Employees need clear and timely communication from leadership and management to function optimally and pursue the right goals and clients. Collaborative work communication helps them understand the company's direction and their place within it. 

It also connects the leadership and management teams to the people doing the actual work — teams can share product feedback with managers, helping to reach well-rounded final decisions about the company, products, and services.

2. Improves chances of achieving targets

Instead of guessing what other team members need, you can ask. Using the right communication tools and listening to each other can help teams and organizations connect missing pieces during project execution and take the business to a higher level of success.

3. Reduces communication mishaps

When team members are on the same page, everyone can share a unified message about the organization, even if they weren't forewarned about a situation. Collaborative work communication empowers employees with truth and knowledge and, in some better work cultures, the skills to present that knowledge by speaking up in a room of coworkers and managers. 

These collaborative communication sessions and exercises bond team members together, clarify the company's standing on critical issues, and prepare employees to be confident company representatives, knowing what to say to the press or curious outsiders if the situation arises.

4. Highlights diverse voices and experiences

Having an inclusive organization means nothing if new contributions and feedback are not welcome during critical decision-making that may impact the company's product, mission, or operations in a new market. 

However, the diverse perspectives and input may only have a marginal impact if they're limited to their departments. Collaborative work communication creates a meeting point for all communication between all moving parts of a company, so conversations are easily retrieved, highlighted, and refined into actionable plans.

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Rachael Kealy

Rachael is a Content Marketing Manager at Wrike. She has more than a decade of experience writing about every industry, from energy to entrepreneurship. She spent many years as a food writer and still loves nothing more than exploring new culinary experiences. Her passions are wide-ranging, including the themes of collaborative working, artificial intelligence, and the future of work.

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