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Aligning Employees Through Line Of Sight, Wendy R. Boswell, John B. Bingham, Alexander Colvin
Aligning Employees Through Line Of Sight, Wendy R. Boswell, John B. Bingham, Alexander Colvin
Alexander Colvin
Aligning employees with the firm’s larger strategic goals is critical if organizations hope to manage their human capital effectively and ultimately attain strategic success. An important component of attaining and sustaining this alignment is whether employees have “line of sight” to the organization’s strategic objectives. We illustrate how the translation of strategic goals into tangible results requires that employees not only understand the organization’s strategy, they must accurately understand what actions are aligned with realizing that strategy. Using recent empirical evidence, theoretical insights, and tangible examples of exemplary firm practices, we provide thought-leaders with a comprehensive view of LOS, how …