Collaboration and cross-functional working

Collaboration for a high-performing culture

Creating a high-performance culture through developing the capability to establish and maintain strong, collaborative relationships.

Effective collaboration and cross-functional working are essential for encouraging teamwork, innovation and achieving shared business goals. By breaking down silos and leveraging diverse skills and perspectives, teams can solve complex problems, enhance communication, and create more impactful outcomes.

For an organisation, collaboration sits at the heart of creating a high performing culture. Strengthening collaboration amongst teams can improve efficiencies of time and resource especially where different functions are working on projects with similar (or competing) goals and objectives.

Tailored design for our clients

We tailor each design, often we find the following topics most helpful for our clients:

  • Understanding who your stakeholders are and the current quality of working relationships
  • Using questions to build rapport and break down silos
  • Developing working relationships by understanding different perspectives and styles
  • Using feedback to build trust and encourage open communication
  • Applying a model to prepare for a crucial conversation

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Gabrielle Silver, CEO, Bioscript

“Working with the People Business felt seamless from the outset. They rose to the challenge within days of requesting support and remained flexible and invested throughout. My relationship with the People Business consultant was reassuring. They provided considered advice whilst also delivering hands on implementation support. They brought in additional consultants as needed and Andrea gave senior level counsel for the more complex programmes. I would absolutely recommend them to support a rapidly growing business as it professionalises as well as to cover HR leadership roles as needed. Thank you People Business!”

Gabrielle Silver, CEO, Bioscript