Misalignment is like a cancer in your organization
Todd Ordal //May 29, 2019//
Misalignment is like a cancer in your organization
Todd Ordal //May 29, 2019//
When you were a kid, did you play tug of war? If so, you may remember having two equally strong teams matched up. There was lots of spent energy, sweating, perhaps swearing — and that darn rope just didn’t move! Does your company feel that way sometimes? Lots of people working hard and no movement?!
Without alignment, you’re wasting energy in the form of capital, payroll, confusion in the market and opportunity costs. You most likely don’t see it. Misalignment is like a cancer in your organization. It’ll slow you down and eventually kill you if you don’t eliminate or reduce it.
So how do you create alignment? Answer these seven questions:
To create alignment you must answer these seven questions, which isn’t supposed to be easy. Or you could just play tug of war until you run out of resources.