ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE THE ONE TEAM IMPACT B usinesses that operate as a collection of fragmented teams make the mistake of missing out on the power and positive impact of a One Team approach. You may recognise the symptoms: teams fighting against each other to protect their reputation and standing within your business. The team perceived to have the least power can often become the organisational scapegoat. A " them and us " culture develops and walls are built, reducing oxygen in the conversation and stifling creativity and innovation. Soon, the entire business suffers. Teams that act in isolation - or even rivalry - cannot create the cohesiveness that allows for peak performance. Just as every person is a part of an individual team's success, on a macro level every team should be part of the success system of an organisation. Taylor Clarke is a full-service organisation effectiveness and development consultancy whose vision is to release the potential locked up in teams, leaders and people. It recently worked with a large commercial business whose Get your workforce pulling together as one and watch your business grow and flourish teams operated in frozen silos. There was a huge waste of energy, with unnecessary misunderstandings and at times out-andout aggression between departments. Individuals had become conditioned to protect their team and scaffold up their own interests, believing that they would be denigrated and discounted by admitting failing or even making a mistake. The solution Taylor Clarke worked with the client to cultivate a One Team approach. This allows the organisational ecosystem