Breaking Silos - Cross Boundary Leadership

"Why can't these people work together" - any CEO awake at night wondering

Today, organizations are becoming flatter, going global, and constantly reaching into new markets, new products, and new technologies. As a result, leaders are increasingly required to lead not just “down” in their business units, but also “across and out”

The ability to collaborate across boundaries has become a pillar of most organizations’ growth or performance-improvement strategies.

When leaders cannot collaborate across boundaries, productivity slumps due to turf battles and slow decisions; innovation is

impeded because people’s intelligence and creativity go untapped. Unfortunately, poor cross-boundary collaboration is common.

Leaders at all levels who need to influence up, down, across, and outside the organisation. Participants will be able to:

• Break down silos by creating a compelling context for people to work together across functional and organizational boundaries
• Build more productive relationships with a wider network of resources within and outside the organization
• Gain buy-in from stakeholders
• Encourage and coach their people to collaborate across boundaries
• Improve their personal ability to lead beyond their positional authority

Breaking Silos - Mastering Cross Boundary Leadership explores the following areas:

1. Stakeholder Mapping
2. Building Relationships of Trust
3. Negotiating for a Win-Win
4. Resolving Conflict
5. Collaborative Decision-Making
6. High Impact Communication - Listening and Questioning