Collaboration across all stakeholders is key to the success of projects. It guarantees that stakeholder inputs can be taken into account early on, risks managed and that project objectives can be agreed upon, which benefits stakeholders and teams.
We believe that building a culture where employees feel comfortable supporting one another is one of the best ways to maximize effectiveness across different aspects of their work. We have several activities in place where cross-functional teams at eHealth Africa collaborate. With teams working on multiple projects, the need for collaboration is more important than ever.
Here are 3 ways teams collaborate at eHA:
Programs & Impact Meeting
At the program team’s monthly time-out, participants share project highlights, challenges and lessons learnt. Team members celebrate their achievements at this meeting, share experiences, and learn from each other. It is also an excellent opportunity for new team members to learn about what everyone else has been working on throughout the month, and for existing team members to expand on their previous presentations.
In May, the Global Health Facility Database (GHFD) project team shared that the team successfully finalized desk research for all countries to better understand the existing health facility list. Data collection was from open-source platforms hosted by a variety of agencies. From these highlights, other team members have a better understanding of projects' progress.
Quarterly Review Meeting (QRM)
Every quarter, the review meeting is a chance for us to really dig into projects' performance as program managers share more than just project highlights. During this quarterly 3-day meeting, the executive team and other internal stakeholders get more structured updates on all the ongoing projects. Program Managers describe the project goals, resources, management and milestones, budget status, delivery dates, plans, etc. At eHA we aim for overall project success, and we believe structured meetings like this one are an important part of that process.
Program & Impact Retreat
Our annual Program and Impact directorate goal-setting retreat and knowledge-sharing forum provide an opportunity for teams to brainstorm and identify new focus areas and discuss challenges, and lessons learnt from previous projects. The 2022 P & I retreat which was held in February this year ended with a town hall meeting. It was an engaging session. We divided participants into smaller groups to maximize the opportunity.
Employees at the Abuja office
The more we can collaborate, the better we perform. Our team at eHealth Africa is constantly working towards providing quality solutions by working together collaboratively. Not only do we collaborate, but these opportunities also allow us to foster good relationships among our team members. We work together, share information and support each other to improve our performance. As a collective, we will continue to strengthen Health Systems across Africa.