Organizational Alignment Checklist
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Goals
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My organization has a clearly articulated set of strategic goals.
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My organization regularly communicates its strategic goals to all workers.
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My organization conducts a process to update its strategic goals several times a year.
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My organization’s strategy development process involves a wide range of stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
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ALIGNMENT
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I can stop any worker in the organization in the hallway, and a high percentage of people will be able to accurately state the organization’s strategic goals.
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I can stop any worker in the organization in the hallway, and a high percentage of people will be able to accurately describe their own strategic goals.
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I can stop any worker in the organization in the hallway, and a high percentage of people will be able to accurately describe which of their own strategic goals maps to specific organizational strategic goals.
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VALUES
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My organization has a clearly articulated set of values.
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I can stop any worker in the organization in the hallway and ask them to describe the top three ways that people are successful in the organization, and a high percentage of people will give a consistent answer.
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Data
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My organization uses data to determine how well it is achieving its strategic goals.
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My organization provides data to workers so they can know the effectiveness of their contributions to achieving the organization’s strategic goals.