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Charli and Femke explore the challenges and best practices in cross-functional collaboration, including navigating role overlaps, planning for future initiatives, understanding how other teams work, leading effective meetings, and how cross-functional feedback fits into performance reviews.
Timestamps:
0:33 Episode introduction
1:20 Playbook sponsorship
3:36 Cross-functional collaboration: who are your daily collaborators, and what roles do they play in your projects?
5:37 Navigating overlapping responsibilities: how to understand roles across disciplines
7:34 Charlie’s planning for 2025
13:38 Successful cross-functional partnerships: key elements for building strong relationships
17:06 Building context on other teams: how to start understanding their roles and processes
20:33 Approaching cross-functional meetings
24:22 The role of cross-functional feedback in performance reviews: is it valued differently than feedback from your own discipline?
27:24 Homework for listeners
28:12 Special live event announcement
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