On our campus we have three departments, but each department seems to just want to work on their own. I feel that it would benefit our company if we all worked better with each other.
The Team Doc Says…
You’re right. It would benefit your company if all of the departments worked better with each other.
As companies grow, departments get big and add lots of team members and layers of management, they often lose sight of the goal that is to be achieved — the mission of the organization.
Each department will build its little kingdom and before you know it, the company is totally disjointed unless some type of focused action is taken to unite every team member.
Since this is your concern, I think you’re a good candidate for starting the conversation. If you are not in a leadership position, then you’ll need to get a leadership champion on board with the effort so it gets some push from the top of the organization.
It would be a good idea to renew the company mission and unite the leaders of every team in the company. Once started it’s important that the ball continues rolling via a broad communication effort that keeps every team member in the loop.
Anyone else have some good advice? Please leave a comment.
