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Year End Newsletter 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Wednesday 15 December 2021.
As the year ends, we reflect on what differentiates highly successful companies from all of the others. There certainly have been many books written on the subject. One of my favorites is, “Great by Choice,” by Jim Collins. Using the Stephen Covey book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” as a template, our experience concludes that there are also seven habits of highly effective organizations. We share these with you now and look forward to hearing your comments, critiques, additions, etc.
Executing the Strategy Part 1 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Monday 15 November 2021.
In our last series, we covered the creation of a strategy that aligns across the entire organization. In this new series, we will discuss how to ensure the organization is executing that strategy. This is a critical step once the strategy has been developed. We have created the plan; now we must do something with it.
Strategic Alignment Part 5 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Friday 15 October 2021.
Over the past few months, we have discussed aspects of our team’s trip to Japan. We hope you have enjoyed our digression, and now it is time to complete our series on Developing Strategy for the Organization. If you would like a full recap of the first four parts of this series, please click here. A brief recap follows:
Strategic Alignment Part 4 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Wednesday 15 September 2021.
Once the leadership team has created a list of all the gaps using the processes mentioned in the previous newsletters in this series (in addition to any other processes or data), it is time to determine which gaps the team will focus on in the coming year. This is where we have to make some tough choices. Sometimes success isn’t determined by what we choose to do, but by what we choose NOT to do. This means we may say NO to some very good ideas; and that should be acceptable to the team. The resulting vital few gaps will be what drive the plan and alignment going forward.
Strategic Alignment Part 3 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Sunday 15 August 2021.
Last month, we discussed the definition of Strategic Alignment and the importance of aligning key process indicators among the team. This may seem like a daunting task at first but creating alignment within any enterprise is possible if applying the right process. We will detail a process through which we can create, align, and deploy our strategy. Our focus early in the strategic process is to identify gaps in our business that need to be addressed in the coming year. While there are many processes that can be used to uncover gaps in the business, we will focus on the following processes: SWOT Analysis Voice of the Customer Market-In
Strategic Alignment Part 2 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Thursday 15 July 2021.
Last month, we introduced our series on Strategic Alignment. We discussed the importance of Speed, Reliability, and Flexibility. This month, we will continue to discuss the importance of Strategic Alignment.
Strategic Alignment Part 1 - 2021
By Drive, Inc. on Tuesday 15 June 2021.
We wrapped up our series on Creating Alignment with the team in last month’s newsletter. Now that we have aligned our thinking as a team, we will focus on creating and aligning to a strategy to move the business closer toward perfection.
Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Conclusion
By Drive, Inc. on Monday 17 May 2021.
We have dedicated over one year to our “Creating Alignment” series. It all started with the story below: Can you imagine with me for a moment a boat at sea. The boat has all of the horsepower it needs and three times the fuel it needs to get to its destination. However, the rudder is broken. Although this ship has the fuel and horsepower necessary to get it to the destination, it will spin around in the ocean and eventually run out of fuel and never get to its final destination. This is analogous to many teams we encounter these days. These teams have enough people, those people are even energized, but they lack clear direction based on principles.
Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 13
By Drive, Inc. on Thursday 15 April 2021.
This month we will continue our discussion on the importance of Respect for People. Again, thisis the last principle in this series; we have saved arguably the most important principle for last.
Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 12
By Drive, Inc. on Monday 15 March 2021.
The last two months we have focused on the principle of Learning Organization. We discussed how important it is to include the entire team in problem solving while transitioning the managers to coaches and the workers to learners. This month we will discuss the importance of Respect for People. This is the last principle in this series; we have saved arguably the most important principle for last.