Companies should build a culture of collaboration to address coronavirus challenges by Steve Salisbury Generations • Leadership
BUILD Inc., a Chicago youth development organization, was prepared to address Covid-19 because it had invested in culture.
Two and a half years ago, the leadership team at BUILD (Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development) started an effort to improve its culture. This included several elements such as:
- Creating a plan to deliberately focus on activities to work more effectively across the organization.
- Understanding and developing team behaviors that encouraged collaboration and reduced the impact of cross-functional dysfunction.
- Building an executive team structure to distribute decision making and give all levels of leadership a voice in change. Click here for the full article by Steve Salisbury