We\u2019ve been developing your organization\u2019s strategy and now we need to get your people on the same page.\u00a0 It\u2019s called strategic alignment.<\/p>\n
An essential part of success in any activity involving more than one person is clarity regarding objectives, and understanding of each person\u2019s role.\u00a0 People centered organizations know that performance is personal before it is organizational.\u00a0 Getting your people aligned is the process of making your strategy and plans personal for everyone in your organization, no matter how large or small that organization is.<\/p>\n
So how do you do that?\u00a0 Use the expectations approach to eliminate assumptions and ambiguity.\u00a0 Here are the key success factors:<\/p>\n
If your people know what is expected of them, and if you do everything in your power to clear away obstacles to their success, you enable them to perform up to their full potential.<\/p>\n
What I\u2019ve described sounds simple; in fact, I consider it one of those better business basics, and a matter of common business sense.\u00a0 But it gets complex because of the amount of information involved.\u00a0 In effect, you\u2019re going way beyond the classic job description or position profile, and writing a detailed performance contract between each pair of people who need to establish and maintain a productive working relationship.\u00a0 That includes superiors and subordinates, team mates and, in many cases your people and their clients, customers, and vendors.\u00a0 The more complex the relationship, the more important each set of expectations becomes.<\/p>\n
On the positive side though is that when these performance contracts are established and maintained, when they become a part of each person\u2019s normal work routine, they become a great tracking tool.\u00a0 They are the source of task lists, tickler files, and performance appraisals.\u00a0 They are the tools for recruiting and hiring people who are a good match for your organization.\u00a0 They are the supporting documentation for incentive pay programs and improved position profiles.\u00a0 They are the fuel that sustains effective processes.\u00a0 They become essential to the success of critical strategic and tactical change initiatives.<\/p>\n
When employed during the development and implementation of your business plan, long range plan, and annual operating plans, the expectations approach helps you build a people centered, servant led, purpose driven organization.\u00a0 For more on this approach to successful change, visit www.pdsgrp.net\/alex.html<\/a> and contact alex@pdsgrp.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve been developing your organization\u2019s strategy and now we need to get your people on the same page.\u00a0 It\u2019s called strategic alignment. An essential part of success in any activity involving more than one person is clarity regarding objectives, and understanding of each person\u2019s role.\u00a0 People centered organizations know that performance is personal before it … Continue reading Get Your People Aligned!<\/span>