About the Episode
Enjoy this re-release of one of my top listened to episodes with my guest, Deb Mashek.
Our guest today is Dr. Deb Mashek, a social psychologist who helps business leaders navigate the relationship headwinds that tank timelines, bottom lines and well-being. She is an experienced business advisor, professor and non-profit executive. She is the author of the book Collabor(h)ate: How to build incredible collaborative relationships at work (even if you’d rather work alone)
We discuss how to nurture competent, confident young individuals capable of navigating life’s hurdles, and take a deep dive into Mashek’s expertise on effective teamwork—an essential skill often overlooked in education and workplace training.
Discover actionable strategies for fostering productive collaborations, managing interdependence, and achieving personal growth while balancing transactional and communal relationships.
Topics Discussed
Collaboration [05.50] Deb shares a brief bio on herself and defines collaboration in her own terms.
Hierarchy [15.02] The collaboration of every member is important in a collaborative workspace.
The Mashek Matrix [21.03] We go through the two dimensions of the Mashek Matrix.
OCEAN [28.47] Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are the big five personality assessments.
Relationship quality [36.16] We talk about ways to improve relationship quality.
Self-expansion theory [46.19] Deb explains the psychological theory of self-expansion.
Frequency dial [59.26] We talk about formal vs. informal time on the frequency dial in interdependence.
Invest in relationships [01.05.52] Collaboration is far from easy. We talk about the importance of developing relationships in order to collaborate.
Best behaviors [01.20.27] We talk about the best behaviors to have when we are building a team for collaboration.
