Effective collaboration has never been more important, or more difficult to execute. More than 50 percent of workers in the U.S. alone say their jobs are reliant on collaboration. At the same time, only 50 percent of leaders believe their organizations collaborate effectively.
“Transformation” may be the buzzword of the moment in C-suite circles – workplace transformation, digital transformation, green transformation, and so on – but collaboration remains as powerful and transformative a force as ever. Successfully implemented, collaboration gets to the heartbeat of a company, breathing life into its culture. It allows goals and projects to come together, rather than splinter apart. Cultivating a collaborative ethos can bring clarity to your business, it can boost productivity, generate new ideas, and make it easier to achieve team goals.
In effect, collaboration works. It also makes employees happier. Few of us like to work in isolation. And with the Great Resignation showing no signs of abating, with nearly 4.4 million more people resigning just this past April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, finding new and inventive ways to increase employee satisfaction remains a critical imperative for today’s workplace leaders.