Leadership Development
How
well does your Senior Leadership Team work together?
The Senior Leadership Team should provide direction and
leadership for the entire organization. The leadership creates the
overall culture in the organization…the climate that
determines how people feel about working for your organization.
How people feel about working for your organization has a
major impact on their level of engagement and the degree to which they
trust management. This, in turn, contributes to customer satisfaction
and your ability to retain talent, improve productivity and increase
profitability.
It is critical that the Senior Leadership Team is
absolutely clear, and in full agreement, with your organization's
Purpose, Values and Vision. They also need to know what kind of culture
to foster to achieve that Vision.
The primary responsibility of the Senior Leadership Team
is to create the conditions for success, to create a work environment
where all employees can perform at their best, and willingly be
accountable for their results.
Unfortunately, many Senior Leadership Teams do not
understand that culture is their responsibility. We know that
because so many organizations have a culture that results in disengaged
employees who lack trust in their management and who avoid being
personally responsible.
According to research by the Gallup Organization, over
70% of the American workforce is Not-Engaged or Actively
Disengaged. They come to work switched off, or actively working
against their organization.
Our Senior Team Alignment Process addresses this
critical need by providing senior teams with a process for agreeing on
and implementing a plan for creating an organizational culture that will
deliver the optimum business results.
We use a measurement tool to identify the degree to which
the team is in alignment prior to starting the process...the Team
Alignment Questionnaire (TAQ). This tool measures the degree to which
team members are clear on, and in agreement with the organization's
Purpose, Values and Vision.
The Team Alignment Questionnaire provides a
benchmark of how aligned the Senior Team is, so we know what needs to be
worked on, what needs to be clearer, and where agreement is needed so
the team can commit to creating a High Performance Culture.
For more information on the Senior Team Alignment
Process contact us at 413.367.2204/518.596.0665 |
