Collaboration - working together - might be the most important human skill of the 21st century. A recent IBM study of more than 1,700 CEO's from around the globe found collaboration to be, ââ¡Ã‚¬Ãƒ…“the number 1 trait CEOs are seeking in their employees, with 75% of CEOs calling it critical,ââ¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ So why do so few get it right? How can we measure how we are improving in this vital area?

Gallup tells us that 70% of employees are not engaged in their work - creating a vast pool of untapped talent. What is the secret to workplace engagement?

Failure. Oddly enough, it's an incredibly popular subject. So popular, in fact, that for many it has made the leap from healthy to unhealthy. A healthy attitude towards failure spurs you on to be bold, take risks, and learn from mistakes. An unhealthy failure attitude can result in over-reaching, making excuses, failing to understand a need to change, or flat out laziness.