How to Drive Collaboration and Unleash Your Team's Full Potential
Senior Client Partner Mark Richardson and Associate Client Partner Andy Holmes discuss how to build an intentional culture of collaboration.
Key takeaways
- Why top performing organizations believe that workplace collaboration is the behavior that will have the biggest impact on business success
- The one step companies can take now to increase team collaboration
- How businesses can foster a more collaborative hybrid and remote work environment
The World’s Most Admired Companies and top performing organizations know collaboration is the behavior that will have the biggest impact on their business—if everyone does it. But as organizations grow increasingly complex, and silos grow with them, how do you encourage your people to create, cross-sell and innovate across teams and borders?
How do you foster a “We Before I” mindset?
We know that the team members who raise their hand, put others first, and are willing to work together are consistently considered a company’s top performers. People naturally want to collaborate. In very few instances do we find employees who want to be their own islands. The problem is that a company’s culture or structure fails to truly support the “We Before I” mindset.
What’s one step companies can take today to be more collaborative?
Companies need to be deliberate about how everyone collaborates. Very often in the corporate world, the impulse is random acts of collaboration. It’s spontaneous moments, where an employee swings by a coworker’s desk for an impromptu chat. These moments of serendipity are great, but they don’t replace intentional collaboration.
How can companies foster collaboration if their workforce is hybrid or remote?
Being thoughtful about inclusivity is key. The right tools and platforms will empower everyone to join the conversation. You also need to embrace experimentation. In-person brainstorming sessions may be effective for one team while a 15-minute virtual huddle each morning could be better for another.
We Know How to Drive Collaboration
Based on our years of experience in organizational strategy as well as our conversations with the World’s Most Admired Companies, we know what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to fostering a true culture of collaboration.
To learn more about how Korn Ferry can help your teams be more collaborative, explore our Culture, Change and Communications solution.
