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Managing Your Career: For All Employees
Cooperation

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Cooperation: Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with employees in all colleges/departments/units. Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to assist as needed in the workplace. Accepts challenging tasks or assignments to help the team achieve a goal.

Cooperation gives you the ability to synthesize your ideas and the ideas of others to achieve superior solutions. When co-workers practice cooperation their work relationships, and workplace environments, are more enjoyable and productive. The minimum cooperation skills expected of new employees are displayed through a positive attitude, taking an active role in work assignments, responsiveness to feedback, and willingness to adjust to changes in procedures.

UIC employees should continue to develop cooperation abilities to create opportunities for collaboration, mediate conflict, practice inclusion during planning and decision making, and collaborate with others across units to resolve concerns.

Examples of Cooperation in Practice

Beginner
Maintains a positive attitude as demonstrated by day-to-day communication with colleagues and management
Assists others in completing their tasks as needed
Takes an active role in completing work assignments and projects in a timely manner
Willingly responds to feedback as demonstrated by application of recommended techniques and different approaches to complete work assignments
Modifies work habits as necessary to adjust to changes in policies and procedures
Intermediate
Collaborates with other colleges, departments, or units to resolve work related concerns
Creates opportunities for collaboration
Solicits ideas and reviews responses to define a solution that might address work issues impacting employee performance
Mediates conflict and facilitates constructive interaction
Includes as many people as possible in planning and decision-making processes
Advanced
Identifies potential synergies across colleges, departments, units, and institutional boundaries to achieve UIC goals
Meets with representatives from different colleges, departments, or units as well as external constituents to address collaborative opportunities
Empowers others to act in an effort to implement UIC’s strategy

Resources

Recorded Courses
Working at UIC 101 Employee Performance Review (EPR)
SkillSoft Courses
Workplace Conflict: Strategies for Resolving Conflicts The more quickly and effectively you can resolve a conflict, the sooner you can get on with more productive activities in your day. Conflict is a part of life, and each successfully resolved conflict will lead to more confidence and knowledge about how to approach other conflicts you may face in the future.
Establishing Team Goals and Responsibilities Individual strengths can combine to lead the whole team to success or they can create conflict and tension. Learn how to employ solid ground rules that harness individual strengths and personalities; and how to allocate roles and responsibilities for maximum efficiency.
Being an Effective Team Member A truly effective team is equal to more than the sum of its parts. Effective team members go beyond themselves and their personal desires and goals. Being an effective team member means maximizing your contributions to help the team accomplish its purpose.
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