successfully creating cross divisional teams
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Successfully Creating Cross Divisional Teams. You Can C reate a Successful Team. Every team that fails, fails uniquely Every team that succeeds, succeeds in similar ways. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center PHS Move Project. Opened, April 2004 The 372,000 square-feet - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Successfully Creating
Cross Divisional Teams
You Can Create a Successful Team
Every team that fails, fails uniquely Every team that succeeds, succeeds
in similar ways
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
PHS Move Project Opened, April 2004 The 372,000 square-
feet >900 faculty and staff
The facility unites [faculty and staff] in shared spaces to create the opportunity for increased collaboration
Cross Divisional Teams Different worlds
• Culture• Reward systems• Reporting systems• Control systems
Tip # 1: Create a Culture What is culture Examples
• Disney• Starbucks• REI• Microsoft
TIP # 2: Create A Common Goal Common vision Common success Individuals vs. Teams
Tip # 3: Keep Teams small Team size is important
• Ideal size 7-9 (cell units) Relationships Culture Stories/ stop rumors
Large projects• Web of relationships
Tip # 4: A culture of fun Knock knock…
Tip # 5: A culture of Respect
Starts with you
Meetings
Speaking
Aligning Desperate Opinions
Create Safety Understand the assumptions Find the points of agreement Build on those points of agreement Tips and tricks
• Ignorance is bliss• Their ideas• Complement sandwich (you won’t need this
much)
Tip #6: A culture of Success
Celebrate the little successes along the way
Success begets success
Q&A
It starts with you
