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Defining the objectives and the roadmap of a collaboration

Ask: What are our goals and process for this project?

Articulate each person's definition of success and vision of the path ahead. The goal is to ensure that both move in the same direction and don't work at cross purposes.

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TEAM = (T)ogether (E)veryone (A)chieves (M)ore

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