Employees voluntarily share their knowledge with colleagues in so-called Learning Networks. People across all businesses regularly meet with their teams to focus their personal or job-related issues and share their experience with others. Meeting with other divisions enables everybody to act as a coach to their colleagues or to support or advise their peers. This kind of interaction results in new insight. Different work and leadership styles expand the horizon of the individual and create understanding for the everyday work of colleagues.
Moreover, team retreats for virtual teams, cross-group project teams and mentoring also provide extensive advantages for cross-group collaboration. The focus is predominantly on increased transparency and understanding the objectives and idiosyncrasies of other workgroups as well as cross-group integration of employees.
Direct employee feedback concerning mentoring explains the significance of this program as well as the importance of cross-group collaboration: