Positive character trait

Collaborative

adj. Working with others toward a shared result.

4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Brings other people into the work early, and builds on their ideas.
  • Shares credit for a joint result.
  • Asks for views from quieter members of a group.

Fits when a person works with others toward a shared result and shares the credit

Not when the work needed one person to decide and take responsibility

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Resume line
    Led [number]-person working group across [departments], producing [plan, product or report] adopted by [body] in [period].
  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] is collaborative: they brought [nurses and doctors, designers and engineers] into one plan for [project], and the result was better for it.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] is collaborative in group projects, listens to others' ideas and shares the work fairly.
  • In a story, shown not told
    The mural had six artists and no leader. By the second week, he was the one people brought their sketches to, and he made sure every one of them made it onto the wall.
Example

Her collaborative approach brought the nurses and the doctors into one planning meeting.

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