Consider these steps and strategies to better manage the many moving parts of journey management to achieve a successful digital transformation. 

By strategically absorbing complexities for its customers, a well-aligned organization can provide elegantly integrated and customized solutions. Inspiring your team’s shift from a “product focus” to a “solution strategy” will lead to an improved competitive advantage.

If you manage organization design efforts as projects that require prioritization, focus and collaboration, you have a greater chance of success, as these factors are within your control as a leader.

There is no one-size-fits-all template for shared services models and centers of expertise. To implement successfully, these organizational constructs need to be designed to fit within the context of each organization’s unique structure, needs, and goals.

Moving forward, the success of businesses will be influenced by how well they can adapt, replacing old organizational strategies with the ability to react to quickly changing conditions.

Addressing organizational weaknesses can protect and preserve your organization’s overall health and ensure your business’s well-being in times of calamity.

Organizations cannot afford to put strategic initiatives on hold. Use this time to focus on ensuring that your company emerges on the other side of the current crisis in a better position for the future.

Making sure all stakeholders understand how they link back to the customer is an important step in maintaining a customer-centric design for your organization.

Like geese, whose evolved instincts lead them home, agile Alignment Leaders® need to be able to utilize the talents and abilities of team members in creative ways to overcome the challenges incident to a global crisis.

The truest test of leadership courage is to keep the organization redesign as transparent as possible, while instilling trust and providing a clear vision.