Bam! I hit the pothole hard. I had seen it coming and there was little to do but attempt to run over the chasm. I immediately felt the telltale sign of the car jostling; the front right tire must have taken a nasty blow. The technician at the auto dealer informs me in his own special way, “The tire is out of alignment. It will not go the direction you intend to steer the car. You’ll feel the vibration until you get all the tires realigned.” He got me to thinking.
How do we know that our organization is in alignment in 2010? While it is possible to measure alignment (data) most often we feel or sense when people, teams and leaders are not going the direction intended by the “driver.” One can continue to drive ahead and tolerate the bumpy ride in hopes another pothole will correct the misalignment. Or one can dig deep. Pause. Engage in objective tools from the outside who can bring a process for all the tires to become better aligned in 2010.
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