Modern Mentor

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Rachel Cooke is your guide to leadership and communication, helping you craft a workplace environment you can feel good about. She’ll share tips to help you balance your work and personal life, effectively invest your time, and be mindful about where you’re devoting your energy. Let Rachel help you navigate your path to success—however you define it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Modern Mentor

Episodes (903)

Mar 31st Why team silos cause failure (and how to fix your work design)
Mar 24th How to navigate organizational dysfunction (and still make progress)
Mar 17th Are these antipatterns stopping you from being productive?

Modern Mentor

Mar 31, 2026
10 minutes
9 MB

890. Are your teams clashing instead of collaborating? When balls are dropped and fingers are pointed, the problem usually isn’t your people—it’s your work design. If your team is "crushing it" but still missing goals, your productivity is being throttled by a lack of alignment. In this episode, Rachel explains why "cascading" directives without cross-functional alignment creates organizational chaos. Using a real-world biotech case study, she reveals how to move from team silos to a high-performing system where productivity and well-being thrive together. You’ll learn how to: Align leadership layers before deployin...

Modern Mentor

Why team silos cause failure (and how to fix your work design)

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