If you work in a company of any size above 20 or 30 other people, you have almost certainly heard people talk about the need for a focus on collaboration, or breaking silos…or whatever business buzz word they like. This can make this topic feel a little cringey to some.
The reality is collaboration is the key to moving quickly, solving big problems and creating really healthy teams that are less likely to implode when a single point of failure leaves the company.
Collaboration takes time to get in a groove and what derails more efforts is that people can slow down a bit out of the gate. So if you aren’t preparing your leaders AND your teams for that expectation, people will tend to get nervous about the change in pace and start to opt out of wanting to be involved. Prepare your teams and your executives that you will see a minor slowdown as the teams find a new groove and learn to work in a more connected manner. It will feel clunky and a little redundant, but in the long run it will become an exponential force to be reckoned with.
Communicate, build trusting teams and executive groups…then pull your resources together and let them flourish. It won’t have the first week or the first month, but eventually, they will more efficient, more stable and generally happier.
I hope this was helpful! Thanks for being here! Take care!
