As a coach or consultant, you're probably well aware of the transformative shift happening in the business landscape: the ascendancy of cross-functional teaming. In response to the increasingly ...

While most of us involved in product design and delivery will agree that innovation is complex, we all have different reasons as to why it’s so hard. My theory? Successful innovation must involve ...

As a leader, the lifeblood of your organization isn’t the individual superstars you hire–it’s the strength of your teams. Teams are the backbones of today’s organizations. As work has become more ...

Workplace teams are often classified or divided by objective. Both self-managed and cross-functional teams are commonly found in an organization. Other types of teams include problem-solving teams, ...

During my first foray into marcomm leadership, every project seemed on fire. If the project was due at 3 p.m., the first draft was ready at 2 p.m., giving little time for adjustments. I noticed this ...

When you think of the structure of your workplace, what comes to mind? Teams, departments, or specialties? Traditionally, workplaces are organized vertically, that is, each group is separated by ...

One of the buzzwords we frequently hear in business is "siloed." The data team is siloed. The creative team is works on its own. Marketing and Sales don't work together—they are siloed. The word has a ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of strategy+business. In today’s globally interconnected, fast-paced business environment, nearly every important initiative — whether it’s ...

Cross-functional selling teams are made up of people from many departments in your organization. Employees from marketing, human resources, operations, accounting and other disciplines become a team ...

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The most simple definition of cross-functional teams (or CFTs) is groups that are made up of people from different functional areas within a company—marketing, engineering, sales, and human resources, ...