by Karen Gately | Jun 21, 2016
Any organisation's ability to thrive depends greatly on people being willing and able to work well together. How well your team shares knowledge, capabilities and resources unquestionably influences the performance of your business.
Whether they learn together and move forward towards a common vision of the future is fundamental to your organisation's 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:
Karen Gately is a leadership and people-management specialist and a founder of Ryan Gately. Karen works with leaders and HR teams to drive business results through the talent and energy of people. She is the author of The People Manager’s Toolkit: A Practical guide to getting the best from people (Wiley) and The Corporate Dojo: Driving extraordinary results through spirited people. For more information visit www.karengately.com.au or contact info@ryangately.com.au
Whether they learn together and move forward towards a common vision of the future is fundamental to your organisation's 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:
- Influence ownership from the CEO
- Focus on the senior leadership team
- Manage mindset
- Set clear expectations
- Hold people accountable
- Hire from within
- Select carefully
- Build relationship skills
- Address conflicts
Karen Gately is a leadership and people-management specialist and a founder of Ryan Gately. Karen works with leaders and HR teams to drive business results through the talent and energy of people. She is the author of The People Manager’s Toolkit: A Practical guide to getting the best from people (Wiley) and The Corporate Dojo: Driving extraordinary results through spirited people. For more information visit www.karengately.com.au or contact info@ryangately.com.au