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 – Misadventures in Aligned Product Development
I had the pleasure of talking with Jane Casto, CEO of Stir Creative Drive. Jane has been a product leader in such companies such as Ecolab, 3M and Imation. She now helps small and medious-sized companies become more aligned with their product development processes. She’s seen many companies that have leaned on one major product […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Leading by Fear and Intimidation
In USA Basketball coaches training, they discuss the distinction between power and trust in the coach-player relationship. The coach, always, has a level of upper hand power. This could be seen in playing time. But, it also shows itself in the way the coach treats the player and communicates with them. Coaches can exercise a […]
Podcast – Jim Tincher on Aligning Customer Experience with Metrics
Serving the customer is critical for any customer to fulfill its mission. However, many people see that ‘Customer Service’ process being a post-exchange process. It’s meant to deal with customers that have issues. However, Customer Experience is a more holistic way to look at how the organization structures itself and manages its business with the […]
Podcast – 4 Differences in Organizational Alignment v Employee Engagement
We believe that organizational alignment to mission and vision is the next stage in the evolution of employee engagement, just like engagement was the evolution from employee satisfaction. This podcast delves into 4 key differences between these two concepts, including How alignment adds a layer of purpose How the questions you ask yourself as a […]
Podcast – Misadventures in not Seeing Societies Issues In Light of USA Mission and Vision
We at Orgametrics have had a lot of conversations about the social unrest that’s been happening in our country in 2020. As a minority-led and owned business based in Minneapolis, we were hit really hard with the killing of George Floyd and the resultant protests and damage to our communities. We wrote about our initial […]
Podcasts – 9 Issues Leaders Face that are Really Related to Organizational Misalignment
We talk with a lot of leaders about the questions they regularly ask themselves about their business. As we dig into these questions with them, we see the underlying issues they are facing aren’t laying at the surface, but deep in their culture. They have significant misalignments in their organization. In various ways, they are […]
Podcast – Alignment to Mission and Vision Defined
In our first podcast going into the 9 constructs of organizational alignment, we look at how we define alignment to Mission and Vision. As opposed to our first episode defining organizational alignment, in general, this episode looks at concepts of missiona and vision as well as how you can, in practice, enhance how mission and […]
Arizona Commerce Authority Recognized by Orgametrics for Organizational Alignment Improvement Initiative
For its outstanding initiative in organizational alignment, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) has earned the Orgametrics Award from Orgametrics, an analytics and consulting firm dedicated to improving organizational alignment.
Orgametrics Awards Colorado Springs School District 11 for Improvement Plans
Organizational improvements don’t happen overnight. They take leadership drive and a determination to achieve, such as what’s occurring with the Colorado Springs School District 11, which is using Orgametrics alignment data to guide its future improvement efforts.