Long-time readers of my column and blog know that I am a fervent advocate of what I’ve called Strategic Alignment — aligning an organization’s entire operation with the leadership’s vision, mission, goals, and values. From the big picture point of view, this involves vice presidents (or department heads or key managers, depending on the size of the organization) coordinating efforts to ensure all company goals are addressed and nothing falls through the cracks.

For all the companies that have been struggling in finding a workable way to do this, there’s a new book on the market that shows you how, and it does so very well.  Total Alignment, by Riaz Khadem, is a must read for any and all leaders.

And I emphasize, “must read.”

While he omits the need to include HR at the beginning of the process, everything else he writes is spot on.  The book is written is an easy-going story format, and he doesn’t get sidetracked with superfluous details. The things leaders need to know (and do) to get strategically aligned are presented in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method.

In fact, Khadem takes the concepts I’ve been advocating for years and presents them so well, I think that, in the future, I’ll just have my clients read this book — and then help them implement it!

(Except that I’ll make sure they involve HR in the strategic planning process from the get-go.)

PS.  Be sure not to miss this one.  It’s definitely going to be on my “must read” list for this year.

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