Effective Collaboration Across Teams

Course details

Welcome to the new world of collaborating from anywhere with anyone. Are you ready to build relationships across teams? Join instructor Ron Carucci for an overview of the key skills and processes required to collaborate, promote engagement, and drive value when working with other teams, including identifying your team’s value, resolving conflict, making decisions, and creating a shared identity as cross-functional partners. This is a perfect course to take as an individual, a team, or with your team and another team to enhance collaboration.

Ron covers the core challenges of cross-functional collaboration and shows you what it takes to develop long-term collaborative capabilities. Learn to prioritize the right skills, clarify roles and responsibilities, and deepen trust with your cross-functional partners to ensure everyone can thrive regardless of where they work. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with new skills and ready to collaborate with anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The new world of collaborating from anywhere with anyone

1. The Challenges of Collaborating Across Teams

02 - Why strong cross-functional partnerships matter
03 - The six greatest challenges for cross-functional teaming

2. Creating Value with Your Cross-Functional Partners

04 - Identify the value created by your cross-functional relationship
05 - Create a shared identity across teams
06 - Identify barriers to creating value as cross-functional collaborators

3. Building Cross-Functional Team Muscles

07 - Prioritize skills for creating value across teams
08 - Identify your team's strengths and weaknesses
09 - Clarify who makes what decisions and when

4. Deepening Trust with Cross-Functional Partners

10 - Resolve conflicts with cross-functional partners
11 - Use empathy and shared language to deepen a connection
12 - Cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid world

Conclusion

13 - Successful collaboration with anyone from anywhere