Achieving alignment, shared purpose and agility

Who is this tool for?

• HR and learning and development professionals who want to align values, behaviours and purpose in their organisation

• HR consultants working with client organisations to build an agile organisation

• Senior managers and HR executives who are committed to embedding shared purpose to achieve sustained organisational performance.

Benefits of using this tool

For you

• Apply the findings from the leading-edge Shaping the Future research about achieving alignment, organisational agility and shared purpose for sustained organisation performance.

• Review the extent to which management behaviours are encouraging alignment, agility and shared purpose.

• Identify key organisation performance issues where these areas need attention.

For your organisation:

• Establish a process for developing organisational agility.

• Ensure clarity about alignment issues that affect organisational performance.

• Develop sustainable management practices suitable for both challenging economic circumstances and organisational growth situations.

For your people:

• Establish clarity on how they connect with the organisation’s purpose.

• Develop an appropriately agile mindset.

• Enable people to understand organisational priorities and the external pressures faced in order to direct and manage themselves with more awareness and with a focus on well-being.

Other tools in this series are:

• Engagement for sustainable organisation performance

• Building capability and talent to meet both short-term and long-term priorities

• Using HR metrics for maximum impact

• See also the podcast Agility through abundance and austerity