MODERN MANAGEMENT
9 ways to break down
the barriers undermining
collaboration
By Karen Gately
H
ow well do people across
your business work together
to achieve your collective
goals? Do managers work with one
another to identify priorities and
coordinate their team’s efforts?
Do team members think about
the consequences of their actions
on staff in other areas of your
business, before they act? Where
does your organisations culture
sit on a spectrum between being
collaborative and silo driven?
10 ModernBusiness
July 2016
Any organisations ability to thrive
depends greatly on people being
willing and able to work well
together. How well your team
share knowledge, capabilities and
resources unquestionably influences
the performance of your business.
Whether they learn together and
move forward toward a common
vision of the future is fundamental to
your organisations ability to survive,
let alone thrive.
Among the most important things
you can do to break down silos and
better leverage the potential of your
whole team are these:
Start at the top
1
Influence ownership from
the CEO
The single most important influencer
of success is ownership from the
top. The simple truth is unless
the CEO of your organisations