Strategic alignment exercise

by: Scott McClymonds

The more I work with financial institutions, the more I find that the greatest catalyst to profitability, growth, and member loyalty is leadership’s ability to align strategy, people, and systems.

This also happens to be extraordinarily difficult for most organizations, and it isn’t because leaders aren’t smart, passionate, energetic, and full of ideas.

Most leaders I observe are flying around from meeting to meeting, working on numerous initiatives simultaneously, and putting out daily fires. That frequently squeezes out any time they may have to focus on strategic issues like corporate identity, customer needs, employee engagement, and communication.

But pause, you must. Here’s an exercise to do in that quiet moment. It will help you gauge where you are.

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