- Traditional solutions, such as restructuring and changing the culture, require significant resources and take years to successfully implement (if ever!).
- The root causes of poor collaboration are difficult to assess.
- It can be difficult for HR to get enough buy-in from leaders to change siloed behaviors.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- HR can take ownership of fostering cross-functional collaboration by initiating targeted changes within its sphere of control that have a ripple effect across the organization’s culture.
Impact and Result
- Identify an organizational need that leaders will rally around as a common purpose for collaboration.
- Take time to understand the root causes of poor collaboration between functions.
- Select and implement targeted solutions that drive cross-functional collaboration.
Workshop: Catalyze Cross-Functional Collaboration
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Explore Current Collaboration Practices
The Purpose
Gain insight from stakeholders using focus groups.
Key Benefits Achieved
Insight into current collaboration challenges and successful strategies.
Activities
Outputs
Conduct focus groups.
- Focus group insights
Module 2: Identify Priority Issues With HR
The Purpose
Determine the most pressing challenges to effective collaboration.
Key Benefits Achieved
Addressed the most pertinent challenges experienced within the organization.
Activities
Outputs
Present results of focus groups.
Prioritize collaboration challenges.
- Prioritized list of challenges inhibiting collaboration
Module 3: Create an HR Action Plan
The Purpose
Create an action plan to implement collaboration solutions.
Key Benefits Achieved
A plan to implement and communicate HR-initiated solutions for organizational collaboration.
Activities
Outputs
Identify HR-initiated solutions.
- HR-initiated solutions identified
Discuss HR-enabled solutions.
Prioritize HR-initiated solutions.
- HR-initiated solutions prioritized
Create action plan for HR-initiated solutions.
- HR Action Plan
Identify key stakeholders for HR-enabled solutions.
- Key stakeholders for HR-enabled solutions identified
Determine next steps for HR-enabled solutions.
- Next steps for HR-enabled solutions determined