Cross-functional teamwork can improve your organization's ability to meet production demands and the time it takes your company to respond to customer and business needs. Companies that encourage ...

Dr. Sharon Green, Associate Professor of Management, College of Business and Economics, California State University, East Bay Given the right environment and abundant executive support, ...

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 ...

Increasingly, corporations and larger "small businesses" incorporate talent from among several different department areas to achieve specific goals. It's a little bit like The Justice League, where ...

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, ...

Organizations are designed to maximize the success of individual teams. Norms, routines, and goals are established within individual teams and create boundaries between different teams. Our research ...

Learn how to improve teamwork and collaboration with practical strategies, real-world examples and tips to build a more connected, high-performing team.

Several years ago, I was advising the board of directors of a struggling financial services company and suggested, among other actions, that they form a task force of cross-functional members of ...

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 ...

Do you know how some teams seem like a perfect jigsaw puzzle, fitting seamlessly to create an awe-inspiring picture? Welcome to the world of cross-disciplinary team dynamics! Here, companies bring ...