Cross-functional teams training tailored to the needs of your specific organization and delivered face to face or virtually
In our cross-functional teams training, we recognize that working across different disciplines can cause challenges including finding alignment and shared accountabilities, collaborating with colleagues with different goals and perspectives, complex decision making and managing multiple bosses and stakeholders.
We are the global thought leaders in matrix management and cross functional teams training, and can put together a program specific to the challenges of your team and organizational culture, not just a “one size fits all” solution.
Take a deep dive into the challenges in our practical guide to cross-functional Teams.
Our programs can be targeted for leaders, team members and intact teams
What do the programs include?
Our cross-functional teams programs usually incorporate tools, exercises and applications in any or all of these areas:
- Managing differences in expertise, priorities, and working styles
- Clarifying roles and responsibilities in cross‑functional teams
- Making decisions across different disciplines
- Navigating functional differences
- Maintaining empowerment and limiting escalation across multiple reporting lines and perspectives
- Aligning in a complex and ambiguous environment
- Managing multiple bosses and roles
- Streamlining cooperation – fewer, better meetings
As most cross-functional teams are not collocated our modules on remote and virtual working may also be relevant .
If you need to make a change in cross-functional collaboration or leadership skills please contact us for a free consultation.
Cross-functional team working is now the default, not the exception.
95% of the top 50 Fortune and FTSE companies operate a matrix or cross-functional structure. All use cross functional teams regularly.
However, most team training ignores this important factor. It fails to equip people with the skills to collaborate effectively across organizational silos and functional differences.
Perhaps that is why Harvard Business Review found that 75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional.
We, quite literally, wrote the book on this topic – Making the Matrix Work, (and our forthcoming “Cross-functional Teams”). We have run cross-functional teams training with many of the world’s leading organizations over the last 30 years.
Cross-functional teams training tailored to your specific needs
We develop and deliver fully bespoke face to face and cross-functional teams learning programs tailored to your specific leaders and team members who need to improve the way they work in cross-functional teams. Our extensive modular content in this area means we can tailor something quickly and inexpensively.
We have also packaged our most requested topic areas into ready to run 90-minute bite sized modules available face to face, via webinar or online learning.
Click on the modules of our cross-functional teams training learning path to see more on the content of each. You can choose just the modules you need.
If you work within a formal matrix structure, or your cross-functional team operates in a remote or hybrid mode, you may also need some of the modules from other learning paths. Modules can be combined as needed.
The steps to more complex collaboration. Explore our learning paths and individual modules.
Click on any of the modules on the interactive graphic below to see a more detailed description of the content and download a copy of our bite sized learning brochure.
We have highlighted in pink the modules we think are most relevant to this topic but you may see other modules that are relevant to your specific situation. You can take the whole highlighted learning path or choose just the specific modules you need right now to build a unique learning path tailored to your needs.
Learn more about matrix and cross-functional management and collaboration with our free white papers, webinars, videos and blogs.
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Matrix Management and Cross-Functional Teams Modules
Virtual & Hybrid Working Modules
Cross-functional Team Training
This video gives an overview of some of the themes in our typical cross-functional teams training program.
As cross-functional working is challenging, a wide range of our learning modules and topics are likely to be relevant. If you don’t have some of the foundational virtual team skills in place you may also need to add some of these to your learning path.
Because our content is modular we can quickly tailor a program to your specific blend of needs, priorities and delivery preferences.
You can see more about our ideas in our book Making the Matrix Work or in our free webinars, white papers and other insights here
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