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Mission Alignment for SuccessFactors Goal ManagementThe Business Alignment Gap Organizations and CEOs may create the best strategies yet 70% still fail in execution (Fortune Magazine). The complexity and challenges of everyday business can send even the best laid plans off course. The internal friction created by competing agendas, lack of resources and unclear communication is a common barrier to successful execution and frustrates leaders around the world. On top of this, businesses have to win in an increasingly competitive and uncertain external environment.

To be successful in execution requires business leaders to navigate these internal and external challenges, thereby minimizing both internal and external friction. Mission Alignment does just that, enabling Leaders to focus on delivering the right objectives while instilling the necessary behaviors.

Aligning your Organization for Business ExecutionMission Alignment is based on the globally tried and tested method of delivering business execution through the McKinney Rogers philosophy of Mission Leadership®. The Mission Alignment solution is used to enable leadership teams to gain rapid strategic alignment using SuccessFactors Goal Management. It drives accountability throughout an organization by providing total alignment to a client’s vision, goals and strategies. As well as enabling increased prioritization and focus on the right objectives through driving towards simplicity and clarity.

There are two aspects of Mission Alignment. The first is alignment through the process of Mission Analysis®, a simple 5 stage process that cascades alignment. The second establishes leadership behaviors: how we think; how we act; and how we relate to others.

Creating AlignmentFirstly, can you imagine the power of having your organization working towards one unifying inspirational, aspirational and time-bound Vision?

To achieve a Vision, we need to align your organization behind a series of one year Missions. High level plans are then developed into individual annual Missions for each leader and cascaded down and across the organization.

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In order to follow this approach your organization needs to rapidly align behind its senior leadership by knowing exactly each leader’s Mission – ‘what’ they need to do and ‘why’ they need to do it – but not telling them ‘how’ to do it. Letting individual leaders articulate their ‘how’ increases ownership and drives accountability. In order to clearly define what success in a Mission looks like, objective Measures of Success are determined.

Mission Alignment creates clarity and alignment through:

• Experienced McKinney Rogers Business Execution professionals facilitating a structured two day workshop with each team analyzing key objectives and required resources to execute an actionable plan.

• Leaders truly excelling in their roles and responsibilities, being accountable to their peers and their next level up, and being given the freedom to cut across traditional corporate silos.

• Defining operational boundaries (time, resources, etc).

• Challenging debate to ensure no gaps or overlaps in the plan.

• Rigorous follow-up supported by McKinney Rogers to ensure successful execution.

Driving the Right Behaviors”What is clear and simple is understood, what is understood gets done.”

The right behaviors enable great business execution through:

• Clarity and simplicity of message - driving alignment.

• Ownership of the Mission - reinforcing accountability.

• Clear operating boundaries - enabling effective delegation.

• Identifying what ‘the Best’ is and continuously improving performance.

• Motivating and coaching your people - to build and sustain performance.