Deb Mashek Ph.D.

About

Debra Mashek, Ph.D., Capacity creator. Collaboration maven. Full professor of social psychology at Harvey Mudd College turned CEO of a national nonprofit turned business owner. Passionate about cultivating collaborations and creating pathways through complexity.

Recent Posts

Leading Through a Merger? Collaboration of the Fittest

While mergers and acquisitions may make business sense, they also kick up collaboration challenges for team members and leaders alike. How do you thrive?

Talk Tokens: A Key to Tough Conversations

In parenting and beyond, a talk token can serve as a key, keeping the doorway open to important conversations and treasured connections.

How to Say Yes When Others Offer to Help Your Business

Startup founders, nonprofit directors, and others need to know how to respond to the question, "How can I help?"

5 Ways to Build Strong Relationships in Diverse Groups

5 ways to build stronger collaborations across functional areas, ranks, organizations, generations, geographies, and cultures.

How the Stories You Tell Yourself Hurt Relationships at Work

Take ownership of your thoughts and emotions to help improve the quality of your collaborative relationships at work.

10 Tips for Collaborative Calendaring

Want to signal to colleagues that you are a good collaborator? These 10 calendaring moves can help.

Healthy Collaborative Relationships Require Effort and Know-How

Why is collaboration so difficult? Because relationships are difficult.

Mixed Feelings About Collaboration? Welcome to the Club

A Personal Perspective: It's not uncommon to both love and hate collaboration. Let's talk about those frustrations so we can design better collaborations.

Fill Your Work-Life Jar With What Matters Most: Relationships

Our collaborative workplace relationships matter, yet we rarely give them the priority we should.

Nine Scary Collaborators: The Behaviors of Some Colleagues Can Be Unnerving

A Personal Perspective: In the spirit of the season, here are nine types of collaborators or co-workers.