As a leader, not only are you responsible for the success of your team, but you’re also responsible for your team’s ability to work well with others. But what does that even mean?
How do you avoid overhead while thoroughly building effective structures and processes? And how can you be sure you’re getting the most out of these relationships?
I’ve been building and supporting distributed teams across the globe for many years, several times taking organizations from less than a handful of teams to dozens. Here are some practical tips from the experience that my teams and I have gathered about successful cross-team collaboration along the way about:
- Creating an environment where collaboration can take place organically
- Supporting objectives, initiatives, projects, and tasks that require involvement from several teams
- Taking on an organizational issue or improvement area that doesn’t have a clear solution but may need cross-team involvement
Optimize for collaboration as a choice
Communication paths in organizations typically correlate with its software architecture (Conway’s Law).
