Archetype: Collaborators

Driver: Motivated to create connections between people with the goal of finding and shaping the best solutions for all.

Behaviors and Characteristics:

Value working together and creating shared solutions.
Highly valued for their connections; belong to a wide variety of communities and networks.
Get along with many different types of people and see the advantages that everyone can bring to the table.
Most effective when they convene others around a broader cause or purpose.

Challenges:

To have everyone get along, as this is rarely possible.
To try to please and include everyone, since this may please no one.
To spend a lot of time and energy creating community that others may not value in the same way.
To step out of the background and into the limelight.

Greatest Fear:

The breakdown or disintegration of what they’ve created.

Must avoid:

Fading into the background.
Creating a community focused around themselves instead of a community that will continue after they move on.

Call to action:

We’re all in this together.

Example Collaborator Thought Leaders:

Mary Hughes, founder, Women 2012 Project (See Chapter 3 of Ready to Be a Thought Leader?)
Molly Barker, founder, Girls on the Run, an international organization empowering young girls
Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, after he became President of S. Africa
Former President Jimmy Carter, founder, Carter Center, humanitarian

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