By assigning people to multiple teams, organisations can do a better job of solving problems and sharing knowledge. But competing priorities and conflict bring their own risks. Leaders can mitigate these risks by building trust, improving co-ordination across teams and removing obstacles to successful learning.
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Jill Miller, Senior Policy Adviser, Diversity and Inclusion
Jill is Senior Policy Adviser for Diversity and Inclusion at the CIPD. Her work focuses on the areas of gender, age and neurodiversity and she has recently led work on race inclusion, managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, and supporting employees through fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and still birth. Earlier in her career, Jill specialised in small business growth through good people management and employee wellbeing.
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