5 Steps for More Productive Group Projects

Career Management

Group ProjectsAh, the dreaded group project. It’s supposed to teach you teamwork and, you know, what it’s like to work in an actual office. And yet inevitably, you wind up doing all the work while everyone else copies from you. Or, some control freak hijacks the whole project and dismisses all of your ideas, so that in the end you have to just copy off of them.

Sound familiar? Well, fact is, group projects really are pretty reflective of life in the work world, and the sooner you learn to deal with their frustrations, the better off you’ll be. (Like this thought? Tweet it!) To start, we recommend reading this collaboration productivity guide as well as the tips below, which will take you from dreading that group assignment or project to welcoming it with a big high five (or at least a begrudging grin).

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