Top Articles from 2022

We are so grateful to have clients and experts like you. Thank you for your continued partnership and inspiration to Get Aligned!   Please enjoy these top articles from last year.    Top Articles from 2022   Strategy Articles   3 Main Steps to Get Leaders Aligned   New Corporate Strategy Toolkit for Leaders  Top 10 Strategy Answers That Employees Must Have   Culture Articles   3 Ways Workplace Culture Can Hinder Growth   How to Lead Employees through Cultural Change   The Top 7 Culture Danger Signs to Pay Attention To   Talent Articles   4 Factors to Design the Right L&D Strategy for Your Company   Do You Have an Aligned Employee Value Proposition?   Top L&D Mistakes to Avoid   Alignment Articles   SALES   3 Things High Performing Sales Organizations Do Differently  6 Most Common Sales Training Mistakes to Avoid at all Costs   7 Questions Every Sales Leader Must Answer   LEADERSHIP   Top 7 Reasons to Run a Project Retrospective   How to Better Develop Senior Leaders  How to Better Predict Leadership Potential   MANAGEMENT   What Managers Should Do in Their First 90 Days   How to Make Goals and Accountabilities Clear to Your Team  5 Decision Making Tips for New Managers   CHANGE   6 Field-tested Steps to Restructure Your Team   The 6 Most Common Change Management Mistakes  4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures     About LSA Global   Strategic Clarity   High Performing Culture   Differentiated Talent     Get Aligned. Stay Aligned.™   Contact Us Today

How to Better Communicate the Vision for Change

Does Everyone Understand the Vision for Change? Experienced change leaders do not assume that employees fully understand all the desired changes or why they are important. Weak Communications = Weak Change Poor initial change communications are a major factor in the failure to rally people behind organizational change. Somewhere between the vision for change and the communication for change there is a dangerous gap. Unfortunately, change messages often fail to resonate with employees and do not inspire their commitment to the new ways of working. Simply put, if you fail to consistently, transparently, and frequently communicate the vision and urgency for change in a way that resonates with people, your chances for success are slim. What People Want During Times of Organizational Change During times of uncertainty, employees want to see a realistic plan to get to a better future state and feel confident about their part in it. The clearer the meaning and purpose behind the change, and the more it aligns with your core values, the easier it will be get people on board. Want to improve your odds of success?

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How To Align Teams Around Goals

Too Many Strategies Do Not Get Consistently Implemented According to research by IBM, 9 out of 10 business plans fail to achieve strategic goals. When leaders do not align teams around goals, our own organizational alignment research found that business strategies are 50% less clear to employees than to leaders. Until employees have a clear line of sight to how their work directly contributes to strategic priorities, believe they are empowered to achieve the desired results, and feel that the entire company is fully committed to accomplishing what matters most, they will knowingly or unknowingly slow or even impede effective implementation of business goals. Where is the disconnect and what can we do about it? Begin with Leadership If you want to align teams around goals, the first step is to understand that effective strategy execution starts at the top.  Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies. Not only must your strategy outline clear and compelling choices about where to play and what actions to take; but it must also be understood, believable, and implementable enough to all key stakeholders responsible for executing it.

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