Internal Collaboration Evaluation & Action Road Map Service

Besides the demonstrable bottom-line benefits, there is also a direct correlation between a company's capability to collaborate internally and collaborate externally to be exploited.

For senior leaders, the challenge they face is how to extract maximum value - such as innovation - from their company's IC activities? Why is this a challenge? Surely nothing could be easier than getting staff from different parts of the same company working together?

It is because staff understand the rules of the game within hierarchies with regard to professional functions and reporting. They sit with like-minded people.

Why is Internal Collaboration so challenging?

However when it comes to IC activities, staff – in many cases – do not actually know the rules of the game! They can feel vulnerable and uncomfortable.

Why is Internal Collaboration so challenging?

This then raises barriers such as professional and departmental silos, conflicting priorities and deadlines, accountability and information hoarding that can and do hinder effective, efficient and engaging IC activities. These lead to frustration, under-performance and the IC promise struggling to deliver.

The big question facing senior leaders is:

1. How can we measure and understand our IC capability - strengths and development needs - in order to baseline where we are today?
2. How can we develop our IC capability and unleash our collective potential ensuring we take our staff with us in a safe, fully confidential and non-confrontational way?
3. This is where the ICW's Internal Collaboration Evaluation & Action Road Map Service can help you...