Unwillingness to share information/knowledge between employees or across different departments within a company.

Begins with competition among senior managers.

Сonsequences: 

• Poor workflow.
• Efficiency reduction.
• Corporate culture damage.
• Customer experience deterioration.

Escape:

• Practice collective knowledge-sharing.
• Company-wide software tracking the goals.
• Hold inter-departmental events.
• Consider altering the compensation structure.

Team agreement on the organization's goals and on the process of allocating resources.

Communicate strategy to the team by:

• One Page Strategic Plan—Planning Pyramid that graphically conveys how values, purposes, targets, goals, actions, schedules, and accountabilities align.
• Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal—a long-term (10-25-year) goal guided by core values and purpose.

Establishing the communication rhythm by:

1. Short Daily Huddle.
2. Weekly Meeting.
3. Monthly Management Meeting.
4. Quarterly and Annual Planning Meeting.

Benefits:

• Improved productivity, performance, communication.
• Higher motivation and morale; lower rates of staff turnover.
• Faster decision-making; adaptivity to changing markets.