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Teamwork v. Collaboration (And Why I’m Finally Lifting My Ban on Sports Analogies)
By Lisa Earle McLeod — 2010
Teamwork and collaboration are closely connected, but they’re not the same. As my colleague and friend accountability expert Sam Silverstein says, “Teamwork and collaboration are cousins, but they’re not twins.”
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