Monday we wrote about the problems of poor executive team alignment. In today’s Quick Tips, we present ten questions every organizational leader should be sure are asked and answered by each member of the executive team. How they answer these questions will reveal the extent of executive team alignment.
The ten questions are:
1) What were your biggest successes in the past year?
2) What were your biggest challenges?
3) Who are your customers?
4) Who are your competitors?
5) What differentiates you from your competition?
6) How are your clients, customers better off because they work with you?
7) Are you on target?
8) What is your 3 – 5 year vision
9) What are the organizations top 3 priorities
10) How would you describe the Mission, Vision and company Values?
Meaningful change in an organization cannot occur if the executives are working at cross-purposes and with different ideas and agendas. So before you begin remedial work on the organization, first find out how well your executives are aligned . Once the executive team is aligned, the probability of success with needed and meaningful organizational change improves.
Copyright 2010 Kubica and LaForest
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