Thanks to Greg Pryor for passing this article along earlier this year.
HBR continues to deliver on its promise to expose real problems facing real organizations. In this article, Rob Cross, Reb Rebele, Adam Grant are at their best - sharing research-based insights to help real people address the major issues of today.
One of my favorite stats from the article:
"...20% to 35% of value-added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees."
And if you're still not convinced this applies to your organization, I'll share one excerpt regarding people's performance as they are asked to do more and more:
"Performance suffers as they are buried under an avalanche of requests for input or advice, access to resources, or attendance at a meeting. They take assignments home, and soon, according to a large body of evidence on stress, burnout and turnover become real risks."
Check out the article here: https://hbr.org/2016/01/collaborative-overload