A company needs to make sure its business is aligned with its projects. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people don’t know what their job is. Simply put, when people keep working hard on whatever they think is important the chances are it is not the work needed to get the desired outcomes.
Business alignment is more than town hall meetings, webinars or pep talks. It is about building an organization that is accountable, transparent, agile and capable of rapid change in desired directions.
The pillars of alignment are designed to help ensure that company talent is working on what matters most to the business:
- Communicate business direction to give employees a clear line of sight up and down the organization
- Ensure transparency so the entire organization knows who is doing what, and what's expected of each contributor
- Enable collaboration and awareness to effectively direct people to opportunities to optimize and drive execution.
Managers should focus on directing their team around the overall goals that need to be achieved. Alignment with business direction should replace the traditional alignment with business hierarchy. Fail to explain “the why” and you are doomed to managing activities with an unengaged talent pool with limited interest in doing something for no clear purpose.
Let MindKey’s engaged consultants assist in achieving the above in your company.
