--- title: Insights to collaboration & working together | ORG Blog (4) description: Insights to collaboration & working together (4) --- ![Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ORG_2017_Q1/ORG.jpg?t=1483128475379&width=215&name=ORG.jpg "Overland Resource Group") For full functionality of this site it is necessary to **enable JavaScript**. 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[Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/overland-resource-group-the-next-20-years) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/overland-resource-group-the-next-20-years#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Big Ideas just a click away . . . on redesigned orginc.com](https://www.orginc.com/blog/big-ideas-just-a-click-away-on-redesigned-orginc.com) by [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/overland-resource-group), on March 29, 2017 [![Big Ideas just a click away . . . on redesigned orginc.com](https://www.orginc.com/hubfs/Email/ORGINK/ORG_17Q1_ORG-Website-Makeover_1500x600.jpg)](https://www.orginc.com/blog/big-ideas-just-a-click-away-on-redesigned-orginc.com) We have a new look. And nowhere is this new look and feel more evident than on our website orginc.com, where you’ll find simpler,improved access to all resources. [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/big-ideas-just-a-click-away-on-redesigned-orginc.com) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/big-ideas-just-a-click-away-on-redesigned-orginc.com#comments-listing) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Don't Let Honest Mistakes Kill Good Labor Management Relationships](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/04/13/don-let-honest-mistakes-kill-good-labor-management-relationships) by [Marc Bridgham](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/marc-bridgham), on April 13, 2016 **AVIODING THE DEATH OF A 1,000 "OOPS"**  Two stories out of a thousand… [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/04/13/don-let-honest-mistakes-kill-good-labor-management-relationships) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/04/13/don-let-honest-mistakes-kill-good-labor-management-relationships#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Sustainable Change](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/sustainable-change) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Civil Rights Movement Reveals Key to Sustainable Change](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/03/04/civil-rights-movement-reveals-key-sustainable-change) by [Robert Hughes](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/rhughes), on March 4, 2016 Recently, I had the pleasure of being a guest lecturer at the New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service for a graduate study course on Labor Management Cooperation. My host was Arthur Matthews, an accomplished mediator, arbitrator and adjunct professor at NYU, Cornell and the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. A colleague of Howard’s, Kathy Drew-King also served as a guest lecturer for the course. Kathy is a Regional Attorney for the NLRB office serving the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in the City of New York, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/03/04/civil-rights-movement-reveals-key-sustainable-change) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/03/04/civil-rights-movement-reveals-key-sustainable-change#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Sustainable Change](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/sustainable-change) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Best & Worst of Labor Management Relations 2014-Where Are They Now?](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/02/11/best-worst-labor-management-relations-2014-where-are-they-now) by [Timothy Kincaid, EdD](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/tkincaid), on February 11, 2016 At the end of last year, Overland Resource Group announced its annual Best & Worst of [Labor Management Relations](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2014/06/30/leaders-say-5-keys-helped-develop-best-practice-building-sustaining-labor-management-collaboration), highlighting what we felt were 2015’s “best” examples (UAW & Big Three Automakers), “worst” examples (Railway Labor Act), and gave Special Recognition to Salesforce for taking bold action to assure equal compensation for women and men. The 2015 list took a more macro-tack than previous years. We thought it interesting to revisit those named in our 2014 Best & Worst list to see what has changed in just over one year. Here are some highlights: [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/02/11/best-worst-labor-management-relations-2014-where-are-they-now) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2016/02/11/best-worst-labor-management-relations-2014-where-are-they-now#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [4 Proven Ways to Prepare for and Overcome First Mistakes](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/21/4-proven-ways-prepare-overcome-first-mistakes) by [Melissa Holobach](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/mholobach), on October 21, 2015 It is not the “first mistake” that creates problems, and even hazards. It’s all the other mistakes that can follow. Allow me to explain. [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/21/4-proven-ways-prepare-overcome-first-mistakes) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/21/4-proven-ways-prepare-overcome-first-mistakes#comments-listing) Topics: [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Sustainable Change](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/sustainable-change) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [The Top Six Losers in the VW Debacle](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/02/top-six-losers-vw-debacle) by [Robert Hughes](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/rhughes), on October 2, 2015 As the Volkswagen emissions story continues to unfold, the scale of the damages and the scope of who stands to suffer and how continues to expand. [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/02/top-six-losers-vw-debacle) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/10/02/top-six-losers-vw-debacle#comments-listing) Topics: [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/overland-resource-group) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 6: Leaders Born or Made? Relevance for Employee Engagement & Labor-Management Cooperation?](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on June 4, 2015 *This is the sixth installment of a blog series, “Collaboration and Employee Engagement; Ideas Whose Time Has Come, Again.” Earlier, we explored the beginnings of labor-management cooperation in the 1960s, the formation of the National Quality of Work Center (NQWC) that conceptualized collaboration between labor unions and management for shared benefit, and the early experiments that moved cooperation to become the new normal. Here in the last installment, we consider the significant evolution in leadership, management, and organizational thinking since the 60’s, the relevance for employee engagement and Labor management cooperation, and where labor and management cooperation fit in that context.* [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 5: The Current State of Employee Engagement in America](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 27, 2015 **Part 5: The current state of employee engagement in America** [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 4: Working Together Adopted as the 'New Normal' for the Workplace](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/20/part-4-working-together-adopted-new-normal-workplace) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 20, 2015 #### **Working Together adopted as the ‘new normal’ for the workplace** *This is the fourth installment in a blog series “Collaboration and Employee Engagement; Ideas Whose Time Has Come, Again.” Earlier, we explored the beginnings of labor-management cooperation in the 1960s, the formation of the National Quality of Work Center (NQWC) that conceptualized collaboration between labor unions and management for shared benefit, and experiments that showed benefits of new levels of cooperation. 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