LSA 3x Organizational Alignment Research

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Aligned companies significantly outperform their peers

Research-Backed Organizational Alignment Research Model of Strategy, Culture & Talent

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3x Organizational Alignment™ Research Model and Framework
Our organizational alignment research model and framework was created to help companies to perform at their peak.  Our clients tell us that it is more challenging each year to succeed.

Leaders tell us this means bigger goals, increased complexity, and tighter budgets.

Employees tell us this means higher expectations, an increased pace of change, and the need to do more with less.

Yet, some leaders and teams significantly outperform their peers. We wanted to know why. So we launched a research initiative to understand what distinguishes the winners from the losers.  Our presupposition? That Organizational Alignment (the optimum combination of business strategy, corporate culture, and talent) makes the difference.

What we found? The data supports our 3x Organizational Alignment Research Model to an astounding degree. Based upon research of 410 companies across 8 industries, highly aligned companies grow revenue 58% faster and are 72% more profitable while significantly outperforming their unaligned peers in terms of:

  • Retaining customers 2.23-to-1
  • Satisfying customers 3.2-to-1
  • Effectively leading 8.71-to-1
  • Engaging employees 16.8-to-1

The Organizational Alignment Research model and framework used 26 independent variables in the areas of business strategy, organizational culture, and talent and measured them against 15 dependent variables of organizational performance in terms of financial and non-financial performance.

While all 26 ingredients in the organizational alignment recipe significantly impacted performance and any alignment factor taken alone will not work in isolation, seven factors matter most in creating strategic clarity, a high performing culture and differentiating your talent.

                                                                                                                                                                    

3x Organizational Alignment Research Model

                                                                                                                                                                    

3x Organizational Alignment™ Research Model and Framework
The optimum combination of business strategy, corporate culture, and talent to maximize performance using 26 independent variables measured against 15 dependent variables of organizational performance.

  • Strategic Clarity Accounts for 31% of the Difference
    In highly aligned companies, employees clearly understand the business strategy, have no doubt it will lead to success, and believe that it can be implemented in their unique competitive landscape and workplace culture.

    Unfortunately, leaders believe that their plans for success are twice as clear as their employees.  Is your strategy truly clear enough to succeed?

  • Healthy and High Performing Culture Accounts for 40% of the Difference
    In highly aligned companies, employees trust leadership, clearly understand the desired corporate culture, frequently observe the majority of leaders modeling the desired culture, and regularly feel the culture helps to accelerate, not hinder, the business strategy.

    Is the way work gets done at your company helping or hindering your performance?

  • Differentiated Talent Accounts for 29% of the Difference
    In highly aligned companies, employees universally believe the quality of talent at the company creates a competitive edge, repeatedly observe the company hiring and retaining top performers, and continually have unfettered access to the resources necessary to succeed.

    Do you have the right talent for your unique strategy and culture?

To learn more about getting aligned using our organizational alignment research model, download our 3x Organizational Alignment™ Research Findings and the 7 Factors that Matter Most for Higher Performance

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LSA helped us to create the strategic clarity and alignment we needed for our team to thrive.

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Michael Carter
VP Human Resources

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We recently hired LSA to help us take our client delivery methodology to the next level as we continue to grow and help our clients succeed.

The custom strategy and design session exceeded our expectations. They really understood our business and delivered within tight time frames. They were the best I have seen for this type of complex, visible, and strategic work.

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Working on our HR Strategy was so eye opening.  I feel so much better prepared to be successful as a leader individually and collectively.

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Kristin Talastas
Director, HR Shared Services

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The LSA customized Organizational Alignment Survey gave us a comprehensive view of how our employees experience our culture, talent, and strategy.

The systemic approach provided us with a great forum to discuss the strengths and opportunities in our organization, and then to quickly get focused on the key actions critical to executing our business and people strategies.

Mark Forrest
General Manager, FSM Division

Trimble

Thanks a million for the great strategy and cultural alignment session for our global leadership team.

Your experience and patience to expertly deal with the inherent and complex challenges between business units uncovered many hidden truths that created a great roadmap for us to move forward as a unified leadership team.

I recommend LSA to any leader looking to shape and align organizational culture.

Juan Plaza
Geospatial Sales Manager, Latin America

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LSA worked with our Executive Leadership Team to help create strategic clarity and alignment as we look to increase our growth rate and unlock innovation.  They masterfully handled very complex, challenging, and high stakes leaders, decisions, and cultural nuances to help us identify what matters most and move toward one unified direction.

Their practical, straightforward, and client-centric approach was refreshing.  I highly recommend them to any executive team looking to get aligned to create even higher performance.  They are lights out awesome!

Patrick Resk
Chief Financial Officer, Partner

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LSA Global really shifted our perspective about strategic clarity and organizational culture.

The 3 C’s approach to workplace culture is very practical and really helps  executive teams – even skeptical ones – ensure that your culture is healthy, high performing, and aligned.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer

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LSA has a very unique and powerful methodology regarding learning. Their ability to overcome skepticism, obtain executive support, and create an aligned learning strategy that provides measurable business impact is second to none.

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I highly recommend LSA to anyone trying to connect the dots between strategy, skills, knowledge, and results.

Noelle Van Vlierbergen
Human Resources Director

AKQA

At a time of change in our marketplace, LSA Global did an exceptional job helping our executive team create strategic clarity by helping us to define, clarify, and prioritize our corporate vision, mission, values, differentiation, target clients, strategic priorities, success metrics and key roles.

They beautifully navigated a very difficult and fuzzy situation, respectfully cleared out all of the cultural elephants, and shared impactful insights and leadership development theories along the way. They have transformed our business.

Laurie Sewell
President & CEO

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Having taken on a new executive leadership role, one of my first calls was to LSA Global to help my leadership team to design, implement, and cascade clear strategic plans.  First, LSA helped our leadership team identify the strategy, culture, and talent areas that mattered most to create organizational alignment.

Then they helped facilitate the design of a strategic growth plan that is clear, compelling, believable, and implementable. We now have 100% commitment from an aligned leadership team and key stakeholders going forward.

I would recommend LSA to anyone who wants to create high levels of strategic alignment, growth, and performance.

Erik Arvesen
Vice President, General Manager

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