To achieve true workforce collaboration, organizations need to take 3 key steps: 1. Rewire the organization by changing organizational structures away from hierarchies and silos to smaller, specialized teams with a flat structure to empower employees. 2. Develop and hire agile leaders who are able to manage complexity, make quick decisions without hierarchies, and endorse new technologies like social media and collaboration tools. 3. Provide staff training and development through coaching, mentoring, and action learning to build capabilities for an agile, collaborative workforce and empower employees with information.

1. How to Achieve True
Workforce Collaboration:
3 Steps

2. Modern business is
changing quickly

3. The key influences being:
Technology
&
Agile working practices

4. With this change comes
exciting potential for
collaboration

5. Collaboration =
● Increases efficiency
● Improves communication
● Removes barriers
● Enables knowledge sharing
● Allows for better coordination
● Increases productivity

6. So how do you implement
collaboration at your
organisation?

7. Rewire your
organisation
Ways of working
need to change.

8. Organisational structures
need to change.
Rewire your
organisation

9. Accenture state that “businesses still
employ deep hierarchies and create
silos that divide teams and create
numerous levels of approval. ”
Rewire your
organisation

10. The key here isn’t always technology.
The fundamentals need to change first.
Rewire your
organisation

11. Employ smaller, specialised teams.
Implement a flat structure to
empower employees.
Rewire your
organisation

12. It really is that simple.

13. Business has moved away from traditional
ways of working.
This means what we once thought was
effective leadership, isn’t good enough
anymore.
Develop & hire
agile leaders

14. Accenture say that “Only 48% of
workers feel their leaders are ready to
adapt to advances in digital
technologies.”
Develop & hire
agile leaders

15. Business leaders of today
● Are able to manage complexity
● Process big data
● Make quick, sound judgements
● Thrive without organisational hierarchies
● Produce leadership teams ready for digital
Develop & hire
agile leaders

16. When hiring leaders ensure they are
ready to endorse social media, mobile
applications, analytics and
collaboration tools.
Develop & hire
agile leaders

17. But remember;
Your existing staff can be
empowered to become
agile leaders too...

18. Staff training &
development
Technology does create more flexible,
productive and efficient businesses,
but what about the people?

19. Managing Director of Accenture Strategy, Ryan
Shanks, believes “Businesses need to empower
the new workforce by providing information at
the point of need.”
Staff training &
development

20. People are the ultimate way to boost
collaboration capabilities.
Staff training &
development

21. To build capabilities, businesses must:
combine recruitment with pioneering training
and development activities – coaching, action
learning and mentoring.
Staff training &
development

22. Only then will your organisation have a
strong foundation for a truly agile,
collaborative workforce.
Staff training &
development

23. So what’s the next step?
?

24. Well, agility is still driven by technology.

25. But you also need to
ensure you
understand the
specific tools
required by your
business.

26. To find the right collaboration tools for your
business, download our free guide ‘Enabling
Organisational Agility’ for advice on how to
manage an agile working environment.