
Improve Collaboration Between Different Teams
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Marketing is pushing for a new campaign.
Sales is trying to hit its quarterly targets.
Product is working on a tight development schedule.
Each team is focused on its own goals, but no one is talking to each other.
The result?
Marketing launches a promotion that Sales wasn’t prepared for.
Customers ask about a product that isn’t ready yet.
Deadlines slip, frustration builds, and fingers start pointing.
This kind of disconnect happens a lot. Teams work in silos, focusing on their objectives without considering how their work affects others.
Information gets lost, decisions are made in isolation, and projects slow down because teams aren’t aligned.
Instead of working together, departments operate like separate islands, each managing its own priorities without a clear view of the bigger picture.
Why does this happen?
Often, it starts with a lack of communication.
Teams don’t have a shared space to exchange updates or clarify expectations. Leaders set goals for their own departments but don’t align them across teams.
Sometimes, there’s a deeper issue—teams worry about losing control, recognition, or resources if they collaborate too much.
Without a strong reason to work together, it's human nature to default to protecting their own interests.
But when teams resist collaboration, the entire organisation suffers.
Work gets duplicated, leading to wasted time and effort.
Projects slow down because teams aren’t on the same page.
Decisions are made with incomplete information, increasing the risk of costly mistakes. And when things go wrong, teams blame each other instead of working toward a solution.
Over time, this erodes trust and makes collaboration even harder.
Fixing this isn’t about forcing teams to work together.
It’s about creating the right conditions for collaboration to happen naturally.
When teams share information openly, they make better decisions. When goals align across departments, work flows smoothly. When leaders encourage cross-team partnerships, trust grows.
The result is an organisation that runs more efficiently, adapts more quickly, and finds better solutions to complex problems.
The best teams don’t just work alongside each other—they work with each other.
Removing barriers between teams doesn’t just improve productivity.
It builds a culture where people take ownership, share ideas, and work toward a common goal.
That’s how organisations move forward.
We’ve developed a simple 90-minute experiential workshop to help you improve team collaboration.
It’s part of a new pack of 20 workshops we’re releasing next week.
Let’s get into it…
Title
"Collaboration in Action: Building Bridges Between Teams”
Duration
90 mins
Objectives
1. Welcome and Icebreaker (10 minutes)
Activity: Common Ground
2. Understanding Resistance to Collaboration (15 minutes)
Activity: Barriers to Collaboration
3. The Benefits of Collaboration (15 minutes)
Activity: Collaboration Wins
4. Overcoming Resistance (25 minutes)
Activity: The Collaboration Canvas
5. Building Trust Across Teams (20 minutes)
Activity: The Trust Circle
6. Closing and Reflection (5 minutes)
Activity: One Step Forward
Materials Needed:
Follow-Up:
Schedule a follow-up in 4 weeks to assess progress and refine the strategies developed in the workshop.
Conclusion
By using this workshop, you’ll never have to struggle with teams working in silos, missing key information, or duplicating efforts.
Instead, it becomes a simple process of aligning goals, improving communication, and building trust between teams so they collaborate naturally and effectively.
Well, that’s it for today.
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