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Innovation rarely happens in isolation. The most transformative ideas emerge when experts from different functions, disciplines, and perspectives work together to solve shared challenges. Yet, even with the best talent, collaboration often falters. Misaligned goals, competing priorities, and communication barriers can stall progress before ideas turn into results.
Cross-Team Collaboration and Innovation is a two-day, in-person course designed for professionals who want to harness the power of cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation and performance. It addresses the realities of working across departments and business units, where success depends not just on expertise, but on shared understanding and creative problem-solving.
Grounded in Korn Ferry’s global research on leadership and organisational effectiveness, the course focuses on the mindsets and behaviours that shift teams from cooperation to true collaboration, where diverse perspectives generate new value. You’ll explore practical frameworks to build trust, align priorities, and channel different strengths towards common goals.
By the end, you’ll have the mindset and skills to identify and unlock win-win opportunities through collaboration, turning cross-team work into a lasting source of innovation and competitive advantage.
This course will equip you to:
This course is designed for managers and professionals who work across functions or lead projects requiring collaboration between diverse or homogeneous teams. It is particularly relevant for those who want to strengthen cross-team synergy, foster innovation, and create greater value through collective problem-solving.
To successfully complete the Cross-Team Collaboration and Innovation course, participants must meet the following requirements:
Participants who meet these requirements will receive a digital Certificate of Completion from Korn Ferry Academy.
Administrative details on attendance tracking, assessment, and funding eligibility can be found in our Terms & Conditions and in the course confirmation email sent to participants.
Full Course Fee
$2,100* (before funding and GST)
Course Fee Payable
The payable course fees reflect the amount after approved course fee grant and subsidies are applied. All fees are in Singapore Dollars (SGD) and inclusive of 9% GST.
SkillsFuture Funding (SSG)
Eligible Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) may receive funding of up to 70% of course fees for SSG-supported courses. Funding levels, eligibility and payable fees are subject to prevailing funding policies at the point of course commencement.
Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
SCs aged 40 and above may receive up to 90% course fee funding for SSG-supported courses (subject to meeting baseline funding conditions).
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Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
Eligible SMEs that fully sponsor their SC/PR employees for SSG-supported courses may receive up to 90% course fee funding.
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SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)
Eligible employers may utilise their SFEC to offset up to 90% of out-of-pocket costs for supported courses.
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SkillsFuture Credit (for Individuals)
SCs aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credit (Base Tier and, where eligible, Mid-Career Tier) to offset payable course fees for eligible courses.
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Eileen Seah is an organisational psychologist, executive coach, and founder of The Art of Career.
She has extensive experience as an HR Business Partner in driving people, learning, and culture initiatives across sectors including defence science, banking and finance, telecommunications, and management consulting. Her career spans frontline, mid-office, and back-office roles, giving her a deep understanding of diverse organisational dynamics.
Eileen is recognised for her innovative approach to talent management and people development, blending insights from organisational psychology with her own professional experiences to create practical and impactful solutions.
As an executive coach, Eileen specialises in leadership transformation through strategic design and active experimentation. She applies a psychology-centred approach, enabling leaders to develop through reflection, renewal, and growth.
Her achievements include the global Beta Gamma Sigma award and the HP Silver Award for academic excellence. Known for her service orientation and ability to engage diverse groups, Eileen works with leaders at both individual and organisational levels and is a sought-after speaker and facilitator.
“The games, videos, and techniques throughout the course made the learning experience engaging and impactful. They helped me better understand the concepts and become more conscious of how I collaborate with others.”
“Learning how to create win–win outcomes and apply design thinking techniques gave me practical tools to tackle complex challenges in my work.”
“The collaboration techniques taught in this course were comprehensive and easy to apply. I’ve already started using them with my current project team.”
“The insights into tools for understanding team profiles, driving ideation, and applying design thinking to create value were particularly beneficial.”
“The facilitator was engaging and clear in her delivery, making the concepts easy to understand and apply throughout the two-day course.”
This course is designed for leaders and project teams currently operating in silos who need to build stronger, more collaborative partnerships across functions. It is ideal for individuals who want to move beyond coordination to true co-creation, unlocking innovation and driving shared business success.
You will learn how underlying assumptions, incentives, and systems can unintentionally reinforce silos, and how to redesign them to enable collaboration. The course will also equip you to create clear operating agreements, align stakeholders around shared goals, and apply creative problem-solving approaches such as design thinking and integrative thinking to deliver innovative outcomes.
There are no prerequisites. This course is relevant for any leader or team ready to break silos, build trust, and co-create across boundaries.
You will learn through immersive simulations, reflective dialogue, and case studies that showcase real-world collaboration challenges and recoveries, all designed to turn insight into sustained behavioural change.
Throughout the two-day course, the facilitator will prompt you to pause and identify opportunities in your own business context to apply each new skill and mindset.
This course begins by shifting mindsets and incentives, rather than introducing tools alone. Practical frameworks are then layered on to ensure lasting change. You will leave equipped to lead cross-functional partnerships that create value no single function could achieve on its own.
