Your Challenges
Thriving in a Matrix Structure
As companies globalize many are adopting or have adopted matrix structures, in order to reap synergies and operate more cohesively as a global organization. For those in the business with managerial responsibility, such structures introduce new challenges in four key areas:
- Business Environment Level: complexity and paradoxes appear as decisions taken 'locally' begin to have an international impact on the business, requiring a global mindset
- Organization Level: greyer lines of responsibility require greater comfort with ambiguity and complexity, the ability to influence through persuasion as well as power, and an approach that looks beyond one's own sphere of responsibility
- Team Level: more virtual teams in a global matrix environment require managers to understand and address the specific related challenges, to ensure high levels of team performance
- Individual Level: in the new matrix environment managers must complete a proactive internal competency assessment and ask 'what must I do now?' in terms of skills-building
TMA World's matrix management learning solutions examine each of the above challenges and equip individuals with the skills and tools to operate effectively and confidently in a matrix structure. We help managers to understand the benefits and key success factors relating to matrix structures. We build their influencing and trust-building skills. For those managing teams we develop their competences in leading multi-cultural transnational teams and in facilitating the transfer of knowledge and capability across the business. Finally, we address the communication challenges prevalent in matrix structures.