10 REASONS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE

10
REASONS TO
SHARE KNOWLEDGE

Here are 10 benefits that you can
get from sharing your knowledge:

1. It helps you grow

As Claudio Fernández-Aráoz put it, “The question is not whether your
company’s employees and leaders have the right skills; it’s whether
they have the potential to learn new ones”. Having a fixed set of
skills is what makes you proficient in a specific area – but growth
means continuous development. They say you could learn something
from everybody in your life. Better make sure you actually do.

2. It helps you stay motivated

Getting exposed to different skills and know-how from your peers can
help you want more from yourself, engaging everybody in a game plan
of acquiring knowledge. We’re all achievers on the inside. Sharing
knowledge practices pushes you to become better at what you do, while
driving you at the same time to contribute with your own insights.

3. Getting top talent access

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re in the wrong
room” the saying goes. Knowledge sharing helps you get feedback and
help with your projects from those more skilled or with a different
set of competences. You can always reach out to your peers – you’ll
be amazed of what they can teach you in no time. Not to mention the
access to upper management expertise!

4. Recognition

So many recent studies underline the importance of recognition at work
– it is one of the most powerful motivators and will highly contribute
to both employee retention and engagement. Sharing your knowledge with
others will give your talents more exposure, thus giving the people you
interact with the opportunity to identify you as a valuable expert.
Helping others can help you build your reputation. And that’s a valuable
asset!

5. Generating new ideas

They say two heads think better than one. When different skills and
experiences collide, eye-opening ideas and solutions emerge. The
creative energy of brainswarming can generate faster and more relevant
solutions to your current assignments, supporting you in successfully
achieving your tasks. Tribal knowledge FTW!

6. Future leaders discovery

Sharing knowledge can be a great tool for everyone to PR themselves. All
you need to do is to be permanently connected to the hot business topics
and offer your expertise every time you can. When people are open to
prove their value through their competence, it’s easier to notice the ones
likely to organize people and to take initiative. The leaders of tomorrow
are among those.

7. Limiting the skill gap

Your team is as strong as its weakest member. By sharing knowledge and talking
about certain decisions and procedures, the new guys or juniors could easily
acquire new sets of skills. Create an environment where everybody is encouraged
to ask questions, and help professionals in all your locations and job positions
stay updated with the latest information in their field.

8. Team cementing and silo breaking

When employees, teams and leaders share ideas and resources with each other, the
feeling that they pursue a common goal becomes authentic. The feeling of being
part of a functional and collaborative team boosts enthusiasm and empowers
everyone to exchange knowledge, breaking down the silo mentality that affects
both employees morale and ultimately reducing your business efficiency.

9. Sense of purpose

There’s a thin line between employees “sort of doing stuff” and those that have a
sense of purpose. By creating an environment where people feel like their knowledge
makes a difference, they will clearly see how their work fits in the bigger mission
of the organization. Work without purpose is no work at all.

10. Operational efficiency

That’s perhaps the most important thing. Sharing knowledge increases the productivity
of your team. You can work faster and smarter, as you get easier access to the internal
resources and expertise within your organization. Projects don’t get delayed, people
swimmingly get the information they need in order to do their jobs and your business
fills the bill.

The “Knowledge is Power” adage is long dead as the new reality of the workforce has
taught us that sharing knowledge is beneficial to everybody. So start capturing and
communicating your organization’s deep smarts and…

Happy knowledge sharing!

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