Silver Linings: Lessons We’ve Learned in 2020
Many people look forward to putting a difficult year behind them, while others see this year as a period of positive changes and opportunities. Look for the silver linings in the lessons of 2020.
Organization Change
Avoid This Pitfall When Cutting Costs
Looking to reduce costs during your organization redesign? Consider changing how the work is done and then align staffing levels to match the work.
Recipe for Success: How 3 Organization Design Principles Helped a Business in Crisis
The last few months have been difficult for all organizations. In this environment, the value of understanding how to align strategy, capabilities and tradeoffs/choices is more important than ever.
Effective Change Management: 4 Ways Executives Can Lead Teams to Success
Executives that can look beyond their own self-interest to prioritize the needs of the organization as a whole will achieve greater success.
Four Essential Practices for Becoming a Successful Transformational Change Partner
In a recent post, we explored the role of the change partner as an essential facilitator who helps alignment leaders initiate and maintain organizational alignment. The change partner not only provides critical feedback and support to the leader, but is also responsible for much of the heavy lifting throughout the
Fix Your Subtly Toxic Culture to Improve Organizational Effectiveness
Learn two major tactics that can effectively address subtly toxic cultures, prevent important decision delays help improve an organization’s effectiveness.
Crisis-Driven Change: Making Intentional Organizational Adjustments
What does the next step beyond crisis-mode look like for an organization – and how do companies adjust for the long-haul? As with any significant change to an organizational ecosystem, alignment is key.
Maintaining Organizational Alignment in Difficult Times
What is most important in structuring your organization for the post-crisis future? A successful comeback requires strong, positive, transparent leadership and good communication.
Organizational Agility: Crucial in Times of Crisis
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.
Organizational Change: Why Isn’t it Working?
An inherent challenge of introducing change into an organization is understanding and accounting for impacts to this complexity. Consider the following dimensions as you align your systems.