Building strong cross-functional business partnerships is more critical than ever for internal comms leaders. After all, nearly half of executives cite "limited cross-functional collaboration" as a top barrier to success in the era of remote work, according to recent research. This panel digs into innovative ways to collaborate across departments by merging data and domain expertise—and shows you how to take the reins to unify those efforts. We'll discuss:
- Assess your organization's maturity and its people, strategize measurable steps forward, leverage change management practices, and coach to unify efforts.
- How to lead cross-functional teams and collaborative sessions to foster trust and understanding across teams—including your people managers.
- Ideas for blurring lines between comms and the rest of the org chart—and why using data creates a new collaboration model for the digital era.
- How to align HR, legal, IT, external and internal comms for more consistent and coherent messaging.
