5. The Align Phase

As your transformation Launch shifts to the Align Phase, you will need to continue the intensive work with your executive team to complete the remaining components of the Transformation Arrow and ensure that the top three levels of leaders, counting yourself, are fully committed before asking them to rapidly and consistently Cascade the commitment-setting process to all of their employees.

Left on your to-do list is the refinement and alignment of each Area of Focus and Success Metric by department for the corporate Transformation Initiatives. Then all members of the leadership team need to set their own Commitments to Action to support each Transformation Initiative. In addition, the transformation game plan is not complete ...

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