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Organizational Alignment Indicator™ (OAI™)

There are a number of signs that an organization is not aligned to get the results it wants. They are unable to change in the face of forces and threats from the business environment. They make key decisions that go unimplemented or get reversed. They struggle against overly complex systems that frustrate and undermine their attempts to create positive change. Their organization’s culture acts like an Invisible Bureaucracy™ that squanders enormous amounts of time and energy – valuable resources that are not available to achieve their goals and objectives. Recognizing and acting on these signs are the first steps toward making invisible bureaucracy visible and getting the results you want.

The Organizational Alignment Indicator™ (OAI™) helps managers identify the degree to which their organization is aligned or misaligned in the areas of: a) Strategy, b) Execution, and c) Organizational Climate. It also quantifies what misalignments may be costing you in squandered time and energy – hidden costs that don’t appear in traditional financial accounting systems. The OAI™ is an on-line assessment that can be completed by managers and staff members in 2-3 minutes and administered in organizations of up to 5,000 people.

Business Applications – The OAI™ can be used with an entire organization or in work-groups and functional units in the following situations.

• Organizational Transformation – The OAI™ helps leaders and managers more effectively manage both the change and transition elements of organizational transformation.
• Changes in Management – The OAI™ gives new managers the operational and cultural information needed to get “up to speed” quickly.
• Mergers and Acquisitions – When two companies are merged, or when one company purchases another, the OAI™ helps identify misalignments between the ways of working and culture in both entities, thus facilitating the integration process.
• Declining or Plateaued Organizational Performance – Managers can use the OAI™ to identify the root causes and underlying patterns of ineffective organizational behaviors that stifle growth and prevent organizations from achieving their goals and objectives.
• Business Process Improvement – The OAI™ identifies the organizational context within which business processes operate so process owners can develop more effective solutions to problems like rework, poor quality, work-arounds, timeliness, and ineffective communication.
• Strategic Planning – The OAI™ provides input to an organization’s strategic planning process by indicating the organization’s strengths and areas for improvement.
• Teambuilding – The OAI™ helps create common purpose and goals for work units that might otherwise operate as functional “silos,” thus undermining the goals and objectives of the overall organization.
• 360 Degree Reviews – The OAI™ is used by managers and supervisors as a more effective alternative to 360 degree reviews because it provides feedback within the context of the organization’s structures and systems.

For more information on aligning your organization to get the results you want, contact the Breckenridge Institute® today at info@breckenridgeinstitute.com or 1-970-390-1094 to schedule a free consultation about how you can best use the Organizational Alignment Indicator™ to improve your organization’s performance and to more effectively manage the change and transition elements of organizational transformation.

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