The ALIGN Framework
Leadership Rebuilt.
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Engineered exclusively for established mid-market organizations, The ALIGN Framework is the structured system developed to fundamentally transform organizational identity. We provide the evidence-based roadmap that transitions your company from static, or even eroding development, to sustained, high-retention performance.
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The ALIGN Roadmap
A: Authentic Evaluation
Objective: Diagnose the precise leadership-employee alignment gap through the lens of authentic leadership, establishing the strategic needs for transformation.
Key Actions: Conduct Organizational Climate Diagnostics using research-validated tools and on-site observations of leadership interactions. Facilitate Executive Vision Alignment workshops focused on defining Authentic Leadership commitment.
Outcome & Deliverable: Executive Alignment Report - A quantified, data-driven report identifying specific misalignment points and presenting a detailed transformation plan.
L: Learn
Objective: Determine the core systemic and cultural barriers to employee engagement and motivation through human-centered listening across all organizational levels.
Key Actions: Conduct structured, confidential dialogue sessions (Focus Groups) to gauge the current pulse of the company. Audit core operational processes, evaluating performance, communication, efficiencies, and pain points.
Outcome & Deliverable: Employee Motivation Map & Process Audit Report: Clear identification of systemic barriers to engagement and strategic recommendations for talent-maximizing changes.
I: Instruct
Objective: Build the practical leadership capability and mindset required for leaders and managers to successfully model and drive cultural transformation.
Key Actions: Design and deliver a custom Authentic Leader's Curriculum centered on psychological safety, empathetic communication, empowerment, and high-impact feedback. Provide 1:1 Executive Coaching for sustained behavioral modeling.
Outcome & Deliverable: Authentic Leader Capability Scorecard & 1:1 Coaching Plans: Quantifiable, individualized shift in leadership behavior and attitude that aligns with the organization's new vision.
G: Guide
Objective: Galvanize the organization toward systemic change by mobilizing leaders, embedding new processes, and creating the infrastructure for sustained momentum.
Key Actions: Facilitate an Executive workshop to ensure support for key re-engineered processes. Meet again with the Employee Focus Groups to gauge progress and assess barriers. Develop and empower internal Change Champions and process owners.
Outcome & Deliverable: Implementation Readiness Report: An assessment showing successful pilot-program adoption, alignment of Change Champions, and the go/no-go recommendation for full organizational embedding.
N: Normalize
Objective: Ensure the new culture, human-centered processes, and Authentic Leadership behaviors are fully ingrained and function as the new organizational norm.
Key Actions: Establish a Culture Accountability Dashboard to continuously track key metrics. Implement a Continuous Improvement Plan to transition ownership to internal leadership.
Outcome & Deliverable: Organizational Permanence with Visible ROI: Measurable reduction in voluntary turnover, a verified uplift in engagement, and the transition of the new identity characteristics into the expectation of normal daily operations.