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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.

Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 11

By Drive, Inc. on Monday 15 February 2021.

Last month was the first half of a series on Learning Organization. We discussed how important it is to include the entire team in problem solving while transitioning the managers into coaches and the workers into learners. This month we will discuss the importance of using Scientific Thinking within the Learning Organization.

Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 10

By Drive, Inc. on Friday 15 January 2021.

The last two newsletters in this series have been focused on the need to have an obsession for quality. This month we will discuss the importance of having a Learning Organization that is focused on capturing and developing the learning of the entire business enterprise.

Year End Newsletter 2020

By Drive, Inc. on Tuesday 15 December 2020.

Oh, what a year 2020 has been! Where does one start? There is an ancient Chinese Proverb that states, “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second-best time is now.” Like many of you, we at DRIVE should have planted more trees twenty years ago. But that time is gone. How many trees did we plant this year? More than we could have ever imagined.

Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 9

By Drive, Inc. on Monday 16 November 2020.

Last month we discussed how Deming’s focus on quality created a movement and how it took the US longer to recognize the benefits of putting quality first. This month we will further discuss the importance of having an Obsession for Quality and having the data necessary to make the proper decisions when deploying resources.

Creating Alignment with the Leadership Team Part 8

By Drive, Inc. on Thursday 15 October 2020.

Last month we discussed how standardization impacts our effectiveness with regards to being Process Centered. Standardized tasks lay the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment. This month and next month we will present the importance of having an Obsession for Quality.

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