Our Approach for Organizations - the 12 Alignments

The Logic of Responsible Leadership 

Organizations are organisms with a physical, emotional, and mental dimension related towards their purpose at the center.

12alignments

Purpose: Who we are

The purpose or identity provides the organization with orientation and fuels it with energy. Responsible Leaders base their strategic decisions on the purpose and regularly charge it with energy.

Culture: How we care

The heartbeat of the organization is culture and communication, be it verbal or non-verbal. Responsible Leaders trust themselves and others, are aware of their communication behavior and base it on the organization’s core values.

Strategy: What we do and where we aspire to be 

Vision and strategy provide the organization with direction and intent. Responsible Leaders are energized by the vision, translate it into a clear strategy and break it down into concrete projects all organizational members can contribute to in self-selected tasks.

Structure: How we co-ordinate ourselves

The structure and processes are the organization’s skeleton. They are like the guardrails Responsible Leaders provide to ensure transparency and effective operations. 

How the approach works

Diagnosis

Where does the organism show signs of imbalance between purpose, culture, strategy and structure?

  • AI-based analysis tool
  • Alignment Workshops

Regeneration

With the focus on identity and heart-beat, we start the revitalization process to align all parts of the organism with the intent to reduce energy drains and increase energy gains, for individual and organizational well-being.

  • Purpose Crystallization Journey
  • Leadership Journey

Energized Organization

After 12-18 months, the organization shows a consistently higher energy level to be measured e.g. with lower rates of sickness, burnouts, and bore-outs.
Self-Coaching programs and further inner leadership measures are recommended to stabilize the organization

Why the approach works  

Unfreeze Energy

An Applied Physics Perspective

Energy cannot be destroyed. It just changes its form. It can carry negative or positive charge. For organizations to perform and expand, they need fuel that brings them forward – energy. Joyful collaboration increases the available energy pool.

Politics, infights and misalignments between people, purpose, planet and profit freeze energy. It is blocked and cannot be used to advance the organization.  

Coordinate Energy Flow

A Responsible Leadership Perspective

The energy flow is chaotic when management attention is focused on strategy and structure only at the neglect of purpose and culture. If unaware of counterproductive and inconsistent energy flows, leaders cannot optimize organizational effectiveness.

For healthy growth, leaders need a mutli-dimensional approach as offered by the 12 Alignments.