Optimizing Performance: Beyond Collaboration Overload by Prof Rob Cross

SoSS Research Heriot Watt University

Professor Rob Cross will give a presentation on Collaboration Networks

Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. Collaborative work consumes 85% of employees' time and is drifting earlier into the morning, later into the night, and deeper into the weekend. The dilemma is that we all need to collaborate more to create effective organizations and vibrant careers for ourselves. But conventional wisdom on teamwork and collaboration has created too much of the wrong kind of collaboration, which hurts our performance, health and overall well-being. In a <a href="https://store.hbr.org/product/beyond-collaboration-overload-how-to-work-smarter-get-ahead-and-restore-your-well-being/10414" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recent book</a> Professor Cross demonstrates how top performers, those who thrive at work, collaborate in a more purposeful way. This makes them 18-24% more efficient than their peers. Good collaborators are distinguished by the efficiency and intentionality of their collaboration--not the size of their network or the length of their workday. 
 
Professor Rob Cross is Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College, he is also the co-founder and director of the <a href="https://connectedcommons.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Connected Commons</a>, a consortium of over 100 leading organizations accelerating network research and practice. He is the author of over 50 articles for Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Academy of Management Executive and Organizational Dynamics. His work has also been repeatedly featured in the business press in venues such as Business Week, Fortune, The Financial Times, Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. 
 
Recent Publications 
•	Cross, R.L. (2021) Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead and Restore your Well-Being. Harvard Business Review Press. <a href="https://store.hbr.org/product/beyond-collaboration-overload-how-to-work-smarter-get-ahead-and-restore-your-well-being/10414" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">link 
</a>•	Cross, R.L., Pryor, G., Sylvester, D. (2021). How To Succeed Quickly In A New Role. Harvard Business Review. Vol: November-December, Page: 141-149. 
•	Cross, R.L., Benson, M., Milnor, R., Kostal, J. (2021). Collaboration Overload Is Sinking Productivity: How forward-looking organizations are protecting employees’ time and energy. Harvard Business Review. <a href="https://hbr.org/2021/09/collaboration-overload-is-sinking-productivity" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">link 
</a>•	Cross, R.L. (2021). Easing the Invisible Burdens of Collaboration. MIT Sloan Management Review. <a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/easing-the-invisible-burdens-of-collaboration/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">link 
</a>•	Cross, R.L., Carboni, I., Edmondson, A. (2021). No Team is an Island: How Leaders Shape Networked Ecosystems for Team Success. California Management Review. Vol: 64, Issue: 1, Page: 15-28. 
•	Cross, R.L. (2021). How Successful People Thrive in a Hyper-Connected World. Leader to Leader. Page: 1-8. Wiley. 
•	Cross, R.L., Gray, P. (2021). Optimizing Return-to-Office Strategies with Organizational Network Analysis. MIT Sloan Management Review. <a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/optimizing-return-to-office-strategies-with-organizational-network-analysis/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">link</a> 
•	Cross, R.L., Oakes, K. (2021). Cultivating an Inclusive Culture through Networks. MIT Sloan Management Review. Vol: 62, Issue: 4, Page: 33-37. MIT Press. 
•	Cross, R.L., Carboni, I. (2021). When Collaboration Fails and How to Fix It. MIT Sloan Management Review. Vol: 62, Issue: 2, Page: 24-34. MIT Press. 
•	Cross, R.L., Dillon, K., Greenberg, D. (2021). The Secret To Building Resilience. Harvard Business Review. HBS Press. 
•	Cross, R.L., Gray, P., Arena, M. (2021). Using Networks To Drive Cultural Change. MIT Sloan Management Review. 
•	Cross, R.L., Gardiner, H., Crocker, A. (2021). Collaborative Practices Critical to Agile Transformation. Harvard Business Review. Vol: 99, Issue: 2, Page: 60-69. HBS Press.

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