When Performance Breaks Between Teams

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WPP does not struggle with ambition, talent, or effort. What breaks is execution _between_ teams. As organisations grow more complex, performance no longer fails because individuals are weak. It fails because - collaboration systems are misaligned, - incentives compete, - decision rights blur, - and pressure exposes fractures that were previously hidden by momentum. This leadership intervention brings together **an example of complementary voices** to examine why performance breaks between teams. And how leaders redesign collaboration at a **system, behavioural, and execution level**, not as an individual performance issue. ### Why This Conversation, Why Now In high-performing organisations, collaboration is often treated as a value rather than a capability. - Under pressure, silos harden. - Decision-making slows. - Trust erodes between functions that are individually strong but collectively misaligned. This session is designed for senior leaders operating inside real complexity (multiple P&Ls, competing priorities, and sustained delivery pressure) where performance depends less on individual excellence and more on **how the organisation behaves as a system**. Rather than motivation or theory, this conversation focuses on: - Why collaboration breaks under pressure - How leadership behaviour either reinforces or repairs silos - What organisational-level behavioural optimisation looks like in practice