Originally answered May 15, 2017
- Learn: deepen your knowledge by having others confirm, point out flaws, and extend what you know
- Innovate: combining different perspectives leads to improvement and invention
- Get help from others when you need it based on your history of collaborating
- Make better and faster decisions, deliver results more quickly, and solve problems more efficiently and effectively
- Avoid redundant effort: reuse what others have learned and accomplished, and divide tasks so they can be accomplished in parallel
- Prevent mistakes: bounce ideas off of others, draw on their diverse backgrounds, and ask them to check your work
- Take advantage of the expertise and experience of others to complement and supplement yours
- Aid your career: advance based on your reputation for getting results by working well with others, and improve your personal brand by showcasing your expertise
- Set a good example so that others will also collaborate
- Increase your personal morale; working well with others is enjoyable and rewarding
