3 Ways Organizational Misalignment Causes Your Initiatives to Fail and How You Can Fix It
You’ve put a lot of time, effort and resources towards a key initiative for your organization. You may have spent a lot of political capital to get it moving and a lot is riding on its success. But, it’s not going as planned. Deadlines are being missed. Costs are higher than the plan. Different people […]
When “Are we all Aligned” Doesn’t Mean Real Alignment
How many times has a meeting ended with the question similar to this. “Are we aligned? Do we know what we all need to do and by when?” Does the ‘affirmation’ that all in the room are on the same page with what to do denote alignment? What is agreed upon can be aligned with […]
Your Plan isn’t Worth the Paper it’s Written On – 4 Questions to Ask to Make it Thrive
Great strategic plans have been written on the backs of envelopes and on napkins. They aren’t that hard to come up with. There are a lot of smart people with great insights on how to serve customers. Putting those down and calling it a plan isn’t rocket science. Even if you’ve included a lot of […]
4 Ways to ‘Sell’ Your Strategic Plan, even Before it’s Launched
Earlier, we wrote about how your Strategic Plan isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. If you, as a leader, don’t align the plan to your Mission and Vision and regularly sell it to employees at all times, your organization is at risk of floundering and of missing its goals. What are some ways you […]
