In today’s complex and interconnected work environments, collaboration across boundaries is essential, though not always easy. This interactive workshop invites participants to examine the behaviours and dynamics that shape silo working and explore practical ways to build bridges between individuals, teams and departments.

Through reflective exercises and open conversation, we’ll uncover the subtle barriers to collaboration, including mindset, habits and unconscious bias, and discover strategies to foster mutual understanding, shared purpose and more effective ways of working together.

Whether you are leading a team, part of a cross-functional programme/project team or simply want to improve partnership working with other departments, this session will equip you with insights and tools to help unlock collective potential and drive better outcomes.

This workshop supports development in the following competencies from the Competency Framework: “Innovation and Problem Solving”, “Collaboration”, “Adaptability”, “Leading Others: Drives Performance” and “Leading Others: Promotes Wellbeing and Inclusion”.

Learning outcomes: 

• Explore the pros and cons of silo working
• Identify reasons and challenges that keep individuals and teams from working together
• Consider the impact of unconscious bias on collaboration
• Reflect on mindsets, techniques and practices that foster collaboration, mutual value and better outcomes