Debut Book Catches the Eye of Amazon’s Hot New Releases
Our Founder and CEO, Art Johnson, released a book called The Art of Alignment on February 23. We’re so happy that it’s already been recognized by Amazon as a top new release. Here is the press release for the book. Art Johnson’s debut book The Art Of Alignment (Made for Success, February 22, 2021) found […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Leading the Same Way in COVID
Studies are showing that a majority of employees are settling into working from home and could see themselves staying with such an arrangement in significant form moving forward. However, managers are less inclined to want to stay remote and would like to have employees come back into the office. We’ve been having discussions about this […]
Podcast – How Prince’s Creativity Applies to Your Organization
Everyone has an artist that inspires them. This artist might have been a part of their growing up. They might be someone they’ve come to appreciate in adulthood. However it comes forth, such artists bring an awe in us relating to the creativity they’ve put forth to deliver such impactful works. For me, that person […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Political Misalignment
As part of our commitment to take time monthly to talk about what is happening in our world today and connect it with organizational alignment, this podcast looks into the recent U.S. Presidential election. From the alignment of the large voter turnout to the grand misalignment stemming from the tribal divisions that are being laid […]
Podcast – Misadventures in not Connecting Salespeople to Mission and Vision
Leaders in organizations all over work hard to maximize efficiencies in processes and equipment. They strive for ways to get the most profit out of each sale through these improvements. However, when they don’t see revenue grow the way they foresee, they come looking for Danita Bye. Danita is a long time sales consultant and […]
Podcast – Target COO John Mulligan Joins the Misadventures Show
In this episode, John Mulligan, Chief Operating Officer of Target Corporation joins us to talk about how the company and his Operations team strives to fulfill their Passion ‘To help all families discover the joy of everyday life.’ We talk about how Target aligns to that Passion across stores and functions, how they measure alignment, […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Taking Survey Answers Literally
Employee engagement surveys have been the standard for organizaitons to measure employee sentiment for decades now. However, the structure of these tools beg for organizations, and I’ve been part of the post-survey process, to look at issues at the team level and try to address specific, question-driven feedback. Of course, there are some larger issues […]
Podcast – Misdventures in Engagement and KPI Measurement
Today’s podcast episode responds to a listener question regarding employee engagement’s lack of ability to be connected with key metrics within an organization. It’s been well-known that engagement data can be tied on a normative basis with other organizations. Hence, you’re able to see that those who scored higher engagement scores are performing higher than […]
Podcast – Interview with Key Hubs CEO Vikas Narula on Informal Leaders and Networks
Vikas Narula, Founder and CEO of Key Hubs, focuses his energy on helping organizations understand who the influencers and informal leaders and how they can leverage that understanding to help communication and sell their mission, vision and strategic plans. The image above represents what his reports look like initially and then after work to strengthen […]
Podcast – 4 Differences in Organizational Alignment v Employee Engagement
Employee engagement has been the standard of measurement to understand how employees feel about their work. However, these assessments don’t connect to why the organization exists, nor do they connect with key metrics that organizations care about. In fact, there are 4 key differences between the concepts of employee engagement and organizaitonal alignment. Listen to […]
