Art of Alignment: A Data-Driven Approach to Lead Aligned Organizations

The Art of Alignment is a Wall Street Journal best-selling book that provides a roadmap to creating alignment to your mission and vision to distributed teams. It takes a data-driven approach to organizational alignment, with PURPOSE being the key to market-leading performance.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 340 pages
\n Publication date: 04 May 2021
\n Publisher: Made For Success
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The Wall Street Journal's Best Seller, "The Art of Great Interviewing: Listening to Unlock the Secrets of Great Business Leaders," emphasizes the importance of active listening in both interviewing and leadership. Larry King, renowned for his exceptional interviewing skills, highlights the significance of aligning with your guest to achieve optimal performance. This principle applies equally to successful business leaders. In today's virtual work environment, The Art of Alignment emerges as a crucial guide for organizations seeking to enhance alignment and achieve top performance.

The book offers a comprehensive roadmap for creating alignment among distributed teams, particularly in the context of the modern workplace. It addresses key questions such as employee buy-in to the mission and vision, leadership alignment across the organization, and the integration of key performance indicators (KPIs) into organizational alignment.

The Art of Alignment adopts a data-driven approach to organizational alignment, emphasizing the role of PURPOSE in engagement and the coupling of measurement with this approach. By integrating PURPOSE with measurement, organizations can experience market-leading performance. The book outlines a 9-Pillars approach to leadership, which, when applied, can lead to significant improvements in key metrics by as much as 28% with each percentage point improvement in alignment.

The approach to organizational alignment is divided into four parts:

Alignment is the Responsibility of Leadership: This section explores the role of leadership in creating and sustaining alignment within an organization. It emphasizes the importance of setting a clear vision, establishing shared values, and fostering a culture of alignment.

The Nine Pillars of Alignment: This section provides a framework for organizational alignment based on nine key pillars. These pillars include Purpose, People, Process, Performance, Profit, Promotion, Productivity, and Partnerships. Each pillar is discussed in detail, providing practical insights and strategies for building alignment in each area.

The Data-Driven Leadership Playbook: This section offers a practical guide for leaders looking to implement a data-driven approach to leadership. It covers topics such as data collection, analysis, and interpretation, as well as how to use data to make informed decisions and improve employee engagement and performance.

The Scientific Leader: Where Data Science Meets Leadership Decisions: This section delves into the intersection of data science and leadership. It explores how leaders can leverage data science to gain insights into organizational performance, identify areas for improvement, and make data-driven decisions that drive alignment and success.

By adopting a scientific approach to leadership, leaders are able to visualize how to improve employee engagement and performance. The Art of Alignment provides a comprehensive and practical guide for organizations seeking to enhance alignment, drive performance, and achieve their goals in today's dynamic and competitive landscape.

\n Weight: 572g\n
Dimension: 162 x 237 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781641464925\n \n