Over the weekend, I and 10 of my consultants spent a couple of days with a new company called Evaluate to Win (ETW).  Jack Welch says, “This is the best management tool I have ever seen”... I agree.  It utilizes today's web based tools to allow the leaders of an organization to see where everyone is relative to strategy, mission, values, leadership skills and mission critical objectives.  But, let’s get to why I am even writing about this.

While incredibly simple to use, it requires leaders to think through what their strategic and operational objectives are.  It also requires them to think through how every member in their organization contributes to achieving those objectives.   Many senior leadership teams I work with believe they have done a good job creating their objectives, but can't honestly say how well each member in their entire organization is aligned with them.  They can see the numbers from financial reports, but that is about it.  Usually, a leader knows how people are doing one to two levels down, but, beyond that, they don't have the data at their fingertips.

ETW provides that information for every employee.  It gives complete transparency and provides leaders in an organization the opportunity to routinely discuss how to work with every member in the company to succeed.  Peter Drucker is often associated with the quote:  "Culture eats strategy for breakfast".  I can't verify that, but having had the honor to spend time with him, I wouldn't be surprised. 

I have seen too many strategic initiatives get derailed because members of the organization weren’t aligned with what their leaders were thinking.  In today’s complex business environment and an ever increasing amount of information and change, alignment has become more important than ever.  Keep posted, as we walk with ETW helping organizations significantly accelerate their performance.  And, if you want to find out more, please drop me a line.