How To Bust Through Silos

Are you feeling tension with other departments??

Wondering how you can foster smoother collaboration across teams?

Here’s how to turn that friction into synergy:

• Emphasize Relationship Building: Invest time in getting to know your cross-functional partners. Understanding their motivations and challenges creates empathy and paves the way for much smoother collaboration. When the s&*% hits the fan (which, let’s be honest, there’s at least one of those moments on any meaningful initiative), that investment in relationships will pull you through.
• Create a Shared Mission: Unite your teams around a common purpose that transcends each department. When everyone understands the overarching goals, they’re more likely to work collaboratively and support each other.
• Clarify Roles and Responsibilities: Ensure everyone understands their role and responsibilities within the team. Clear delineation helps minimize misunderstandings and sets expectations for accountability.
• Encourage Open Communication: Foster an environment where team members feel comfortable sharing their worries, challenges, and half-baked ideas. Regular check-ins and retrospectives can help identify and address friction points.

By intentionally addressing these cross-functional dynamics upfront, you’ll nip many potential conflicts in the bud.?

You’ll also love working together more because you’ll have a crystal-clear mission, clarity around how each person uniquely supports that mission, and the psychological safety to share half-formed ideas and rich debate.?

As a result, you’ll generate more cutting-edge ideas, collaborate through the hurdles, and get to market faster.?

What would it take to become one of those teams?

Drop me a line and let me what ideas come to mind!

Or, let’s chat about how my Optimize Cross-Funcational Outcomes workshop can help your teams work more effectively together.

TeresaBrazen.com

A bit about me:

I’m not your typical coach—I bring an innovator's lens to leadership, and I'm hell-bent on helping you become the impactful leader you aspire to be. I've worked in the design industry for over 15 years—as a design consultant, educator, and business leader. I've helped teams at NASA, Cisco, Clorox, and more adopt innovative ways of working. I spearheaded the global expansion of Cooper Professional Education—a leader in design and creative leadership training—to ten countries. Today, I bring my strategic leadership expertise to bear as a certified Leadership + Executive Coach (CPCC, ACC, Applied Neuroscience). I leverage a robust toolkit encompassing design thinking, neuroscience, and learning development to enhance the leadership capabilities of individuals and teams through coaching, team development programs, workshops, and offsites. My mission is to help good people become great leaders—so that they can enhance their influence and reshape the workplace for the better.