{"id":21306,"date":"2017-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/are-you-suffering-from-collaboration-overload\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:58:46","slug":"are-you-suffering-from-collaboration-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/are-you-suffering-from-collaboration-overload\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you suffering from collaboration overload?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If so, you\u2019re not alone. \u00a0Knowledge workers estimate they now have to interact with more than 10 people per day to do their job, and two thirds reported a significant increase in the amount of collaboration required<\/u><\/a>, according to recent research by the Corporate Executive Board. In many cases this is has been to the detriment of innovation and productivity.<\/p>\n

For example CEB\u2019s research shows that with major purchasing decisions, the likelihood of a purchase being completed is only 31% when more than five buyers can influence the decision, compared to over 50% if five or fewer have their say.<\/p>\n

A typical symptom of collaboration overload is attending an ever-burgeoning number of meetings \u2013 sound familiar? Luckily help is at hand, with Global Integration\u2019s new book \u2018Kill Bad Meetings<\/u><\/a>\u2019 sharing how to cut the meetings we go to by 50% and make the ones we do attend useful and engaging.<\/p>\n

Dealing with the underlying causes of collaboration and meeting overload firstly involves managers and leaders simplifying the way people are set up to work together, so that they only collaborate on things that truly need multiple input<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Secondly we need to push decision making rights as close as we can to the front line<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, we must give individuals (and ourselves) permission to break the habit of automatically saying \u2018yes\u2019 to a request for help.\u00a0 Other options are:<\/p>\n