Building Collaboration Skills & Strategies for Projects - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes many examples, case studies, interactive activities, exercises, Q&A sessions and learning from other participants. The aim is to learn practical tools, tips, methodologies and frameworks, as well as their underlying basis in good practice. The training course ends with practical planning as to application of the tools and skills learned
Course Objectives
At the end of this Building Collaboration Skills & Strategies for Projects Training Course, you will learn to:
- Develop a framework to align your project with organization strategy
- Develop a collaborative environment for the project team
- Use critical communication skills to build cross-functional collaboration
- Apply the latest collaborative approaches, including Design Thinking and Agile
- Use key leadership skills to negotiate collaborative relationships
Target Audience
The most successful organisations deliver results through cross-functional collaboration whether through projects or other transformation initiatives. This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will especially benefit:
- Program, project and PMO personnel
- Executives responsible for execution of organizational strategy
- Any professional who needs to create and maintain cross-functional teams
- People involved in transformation initiatives
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
After the participants return from this Building Collaboration Skills & Strategies for Projects Training Course, typical benefits to the organization include:
- Alignment of projects and programs with organizational strategic objectives
- Collaborative teams working across the organization
- Creation of team environments that both motivate and encourage innovation
- Alignment of teams who may have conflicting objectives and priorities
- Use of the most effective collaboration approaches, including Design Thinking and Agile
- Project professionals able to apply the critical leadership and communication skills needed to build and maintain collaborative culture
Personal Impact
After attending the Building Collaboration Skills & Strategies for Projects Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Align their projects with the objectives and goals of the organization
- Work effectively with internal and external project contributors who may have conflicting objectives and priorities
- Build an effective and collaborative team environment
- Apply widely used approaches to innovation and design such as Design Thinking and Agile
- Confidently apply key leadership skills such as negotiation and conflict resolution
Course Outline
Aligning Projects with Organizational Strategy
- The importance of strategic execution
- Overview of strategy
- Mapping projects for alignment
- Why collaborative approaches are necessary
- Building a collaborative project environment
Building a Cross-Functional Collaborative Team
- What is a high-performing team?
- Structure and elements of a high performing team
- The most important drivers of collaborative teams
- Working with knowledge workers
- Improving performance through leadership
Building Essential Communication Skills for Cross-Functional Collaboration
- How to build great business relationships
- Identifying and managing stakeholders
- The skills of the expert communicator
- How personality factors affect communications
- Influencing and persuading
- Building and maintaining trust
Collaborative Approaches
- The importance of a customer-centric approach
- Using collaborative tools to ensure a broad diversity of viewpoints and inputs
- Using Design Thinking to innovate and rapidly prototype
- Applying Agile approaches
- Solving problems through collaborative approaches
- Other tools for collaboration
Leadership Skills and Collaboration
- Building strong cross-functional networks
- Negotiating priorities
- Resolving conflicts for a positive outcome
- Influencing without authority
- Building credibility
- Organizational politics
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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