Chapter 6. Absolute Alignment

Absolute Alignment

“Alignment doesn’t just happen by making a presentation to the troops, it requires deliberate and sustained leadership and action.”

Arrows—strategic or otherwise—don’t fly very far or true without the support of a well-honed shaft.

In our case of targeting breakthrough results, the shaft consists of a few well-articulated company-wide Transformation Initiatives, each of which is supported by a limited number of carefully selected Areas of Focus and Outcome Metrics, all of which are tied to specific Commitments to Action for every soul in every component and at every level in the enterprise. How to set this up is the purpose ...

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