ELIMINATING SILOS

Silos foster a culture of resistance and mistrust; left unattended, they lead to inefficiencies impacting performance, low morale and even lower job satisfaction.

Silos foster a culture of resistance and mistrust; left unattended, they lead to inefficiencies impacting performance, low morale and even lower job satisfaction.Poor communication, process inefficiencies, staff dissatisfaction, and poor customer ser-vice are all symptoms of workplace silos. No one is happy, and it’s very difficult for all in-volved to see any possible solution.

The number one contributor to workplace silos is low trust. Rebuilding trust relationships among work teams and individuals can be done, but it takes time and effort—it’s not a di-rective that’s issued and followed.

I help organisations build a culture of trust. In a culture of trust individuals and teams:

• Develop trust individually
• Keep commitments
• Empower others
• Achieve results through others
• Solve problems creatively
• Resolve conflicts and disagreements on their own
• Improve business relationships

Lastly, teams across the organisation work more effectively together (no more silos!) for the overall organisations goals. This positively impacts results.

When I help team members work through these stages of trust, team members learn vital communication strategies to restore healthy, productive working relationships.