Doing Good Works Cross Team Collaboration Checklist: Ingredients for success in lateral value creation.

Cross-team collaboration is often where strategy either comes to life or falls apart. While most teams work hard, collaboration between teams can break down due to unclear goals, trust gaps, misaligned expectations, or poor communication.

Together with teams from SD Worx, HP, Kommaboard and Unipartners, and inspired by Stephanie Dahl-Wissmann’s research (Bold2Move), we brainstormed for one day on the Success factors and obstacles of cross-team collaboration. The result? This super usefully cross-team collaboration maturity checklist

Use it as a reflection tool. Start on your own. Tick the boxes that apply to your current cross-team collaborations. At the end of each section, count your checks and compare them with the total.

Then use the scoring guide to assess your maturity level. Finally, share your results with your colleagues and partner teams. The conversation that follows will reveal your next step forward together.