Silo Busting--A New Olympic Sport? Should be!

This is one way you know that silos are a problem.

There are also the roadblocks you run into when you can't get the information you need. When your peer on the senior managment team tells you he will absolutely support you and then your direct reports say his people are stonewalling. 

And what about when two departments (in the same organization) are competing to get the same dollars or own the same project. 

And last but far from least there is the battle of the priorities. Who's agenda gets to the top of the list?

 

Who needs to fix this?

YOU DO.

Name it.

Name the consequences of it.

Offer to be part of the solution. 

Find the places of alignment. -What are your common interests?

Empower the leader to take this on -in public. 

 

[If you need an intervention in your organization to make this happen email me about RSI@Work. It is an outstanding silo buster and builds the skills your managers need to find alignment.]