Epilogue

Now that you’ve read the details of our method and seen examples of alignment at work, you’re probably thinking, “This makes sense on paper, but does it really work in practice, and will alignment help in my situation?” Yes, alignment does produce positive results, and unless your situation is very unusual, experience tells us that it should work for you.

Over the years during which we’ve been advocating alignment and teaching its methods, we’ve seen enough before-and-after situations to appreciate its power to improve performance in all types of organizations: manufacturers, service providers, shipping companies, government bodies, and healthcare institutions, to name just a few. We’ve seen how clients have learned to align and rapidly ...

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