Sean GlazeWorkplace Culture Speaker | Facilitator, Great Results Team Building · Leadership lessons from the locker room that change how your people work together.

HOW TO GET RID OF SILOS IN THE WORKPLACE

9 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief coaching monologue, Sean Glaze challenges the common notion that organizational silos should be eliminated. He argues that silos actually signal strong, trust‑based relationships within a department. Rather than destroying these structures, effective leaders should view silos as evidence of existing connections and focus on linking them together across departments. The core leadership task, according to Glaze, is to build a network of inter‑departmental relationships, turning isolated silos into a cohesive organizational web.

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How do you get rid of silos in the workplace? Well, if you're an effective leader, you understand that connections between departments is unbelievably important. But I'm a little contrary in my belief about silos because in my coaching conversations and talking with clients about events for team building or conference experiences, I will always share that you do not want to destroy silos. Silos are actually evidence of strong connections and relationships that have been built between people who trust each other. You don't want to destroy silos. Instead, see silos as evidence of relationships that you need to help to connect to other silos. You'll have silos in a department. Your job is not to destroy that silo, but it's to begin to build a network of relationships between departments. Your job as an effective leader is not to destroy silos, it's to connect them. I'm Sean Glaze. That's what effective leaders do.