Jan 15, 2016
Cengage Response
10yThanks for your post. I’m pleased with our progress, but there is always more to do. I recently had a conversation about the very issue you mention – some continuing silos - with one of our senior Human Resources Business Partners. To me, it’s a two-part fix: We can revise organizational structures to limit this tendency. But that alone is insufficient. The second part is harder. We need to collectively and individually overcome human nature and the typical desire to stick with your team. If you, or any of your co-workers, see an opportunity to make a positive student-focused change mid-stream, please point it out to your manager and/or a partner on another team. Practically speaking, we will always need to focus investments and can’t do everything all of the time. However, supporting your recommendations with a solid set of data or other facts gives you a great shot at improving or even completely changing an existing plan. I can assure you that we are working on breaking this down at every level of the organization.