Introduction to Principles of Strategic Team Alignment

The Purpose, Passion and Promise of True-North Strategic Team Alignment

The Polaris Principle™ High-Impact Leader Lens™ (HILL) for Fully Responsible Leadership The HILL Model™ for Alignment in Leading HILL Climbing Expedition™ Monday 26 September 2011 John R. Dallas, Jr. Chief Alignment Officer (CAO) Hillview Partners Network LLC

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John R. Dallas, Jr.

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Introducing

John Dallas

Today’s Guide for Our

HILL-Climbing Expedition

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Since 2005 leading Hillview, a network of independent professionals in fields of strategic alignment

From 1974 President of five prior technology-based B2B and B2C service companies:

1. Chicago Title Credit Services, Inc., Chicago / consumer and commercial credit data services

2. CreditComm Services LLC, Fairfax, VA (DC area) / consumer credit data services

3. Market Access Resources Corp., New York / consumer credit data services

4. Group Concepts Capital Corp., New York / consumer credit data services

5. National Business Intelligence Corp., New York / editorial services and electronic publishing

Moderator, Greater Chicago Thought Leadership Forum (ThoughtForum) at Gleacher Center

Leader in inclusive multicultural education and leadership development initiatives for business owners

Keynote speaker, meeting moderator, workshop facilitator, interviewer, and panelist

Guest lecturer at universities, colleges, and other schools

Volunteer leadership in economic development, civic affairs, arts, education, and churches

Majored in Journalism and Mass Communications, Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University,

continued studies in New York at Columbia University

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Alignment Consulting to Align Team Views toward Greater Productivity:

1. Focusing on what buyers truly value and sellers truthfully sell 2. Focusing on team engagement, efficiency, and measurable results 3. Focusing on where minds are moving during planning, execution and measurement

Alignment Coaching to Align Leader Views toward Higher Performance:

1. Professional development and organizational growth (dual-track coaching) 2. Career validation, enrichment, acceleration or stabilization 3. Career transition (internal or external) — value exceeds “outplacement” services

Alignment Speaking to Align Audience Views toward Broader Perspective:

1. Building buyer-centric cultures, plans, operations, and sustainable revenue streams 2. Igniting fully responsible leaders to maximize their Return on Leadership (ROL) 3. Digging, drilling and thinking a bit deeper — to reach, climb and stand a lot higher

Hillview’s specialized focus relates to individuals and organizations . . .

Reversing Risk of Misalignment

Since 2005 Hillview is a collaborative network of independent consulting, coaching and speaking specialists; individuals preeminent in various fields related to facilitating strategic alignment of people, money, technology, and other mission-critical resources.

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In In In In In In

Out Out Out Out Out

Reversing risk in our common patterns of “In-and-Out Listening” Today please listen more “hearingly” − and with a “third ear.”

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││││ Crosshatch marks for “first-time-heard” items

P Pivots you identify as you turn toward new views

? Question marks if you “need more information”

O “O” for moments you were Out Listening ( + or -)

T “T” for takeaways for you to use/share TODAY

Y “Y” for something “new and in view about you”

Sustaining All-Important Focus on Your Engagement

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Strategically Aligned?

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Prospective Buyers

Schools &

Universities

The Media

Buyer

Regulatory

Authorities

Federal YOU

Outsourcing

Economic Reality Boards

Committees

Strategic

Alliances Politics

WHO?

Past, Current and

Future Employees Social Media

Competition

Networking

Public

Quality Control &

Best Practices

Family

Life!

Credit

Q&R

Ad Agencies

IT/MIS

V

E

N

D

O

R

S

Associations &

Foundations

Teams

Diversity

IRS

Faith

Law

City Hall

Global Needs

& Realities

E-Commerce

PR

The HILL Model™

Seller

HR

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Strategically Aligned?

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Prospective Buyers

Schools &

Universities

The Media

Buyer

Regulatory

Authorities

Federal YOU

Outsourcing

Economic Reality Boards

Committees

Strategic

Alliances Politics

WHO?

Past, Current and

Future Employees Social Media

Competition

Networking

Public

Quality Control &

Best Practices

Family

Life!

Credit

Q&R

Ad Agencies

IT/MIS

V

E

N

D

O

R

S

Associations &

Foundations

Teams

Diversity

IRS

Faith

Law

City Hall

Global Needs

& Realities

E-Commerce

PR

The HILL Model™

Seller

HR

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ER triage professionals will ask

if you are alert and oriented (A&O) to:

1. Your Name?

2. This Place (i.e., a hospital’s ER)?

3. Today’s Date?

4. Your Purpose for being in the ER?

Medical Alignment Acronym Borrowed from Traditional Emergency Room Triage

Asking yourself or others,

“Where do things stand?” is

rarely the right question.

Change is ceaseless. Views

toward where people and

things are moving will focus

your thoughts and vision to

identify direction and

velocity of momentum.


“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F Kennedy

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Asking yourself or others,

“Where do things stand?” is

rarely the right question.

Change is ceaseless. Views

toward where people and

things are moving will focus

your thoughts and vision to

identify direction and

velocity of momentum.


“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F Kennedy

The task of leadership is to create

an alignment of strengths, making

our weaknesses irrelevant.”

− Peter Drucker

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1. Lead people

2. Manage things

3. Align people and things


Fully Responsible Leaders:

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Fully responsible leaders will ask if you are

alert and oriented (A&O) to each situation’s:

1. Strengths (first and foremost!)

2. Weaknesses

3. Opportunities

4. Threats

To achieve strategic alignment of people and things, you must remain . . .

“Put people first. Put people second. Put people third. Success follows focus on people, people, people.” − JRDjr



The purpose, promise, passion, pull, push, potential and performance in one key word:

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Strategic Alignment does not suggest 100% confinement.

Strategic Alignment does not require 100% agreement.

Strategic Alignment does not indicate 100% perfection.


Strategic Alignment is about the forward movement of teams toward worthy destinations.

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Strategic Alignment does mandate 100% engagement.

Strategic Alignment does require 100% understanding.

Strategic Alignment does succeed with 110%+ effort.


Left Brain for Viability: Uses logic Detail-oriented Defines “it” Knows object’s name Facts rule Words and language Present and past Math and science Comprehends Knowing Acknowledges Order/pattern perception Reality-based Forms strategies Practical Safe (risk-averse?) Humble by deduction

Right Brain for Vision: Uses feeling Big-picture oriented Describes “it” Knows object’s function Imagination rules Symbols and images Present and future Philosophy and religion Senses intrinsic value Believing Appreciates Spatial perception Imagination-based Presents possibilities Impetuous Risk-taking Hubris-prone (a risk)

Hillview Presents The HILL Model™ for Fully Responsible Leaders to Focus on Views of Strategic Team Alignment Based on Hillview’s High-Impact Leader Lens™ (HILL) for Realistically Viewing − and Positively Influencing − Movement of People and Things



Viability Vision

From this just-right HILL-height ask: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? And what’s “the Wow?”

In Your Mind’s Eye You are Standing on this HILL to Focus, Align and Balance Your and Others’ Views toward Vision and Viability

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Viability

Vision

It’s all about

how we think!


Think

Our mind’s attitude and altitude determine how we hear responses to:

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? And − what’s “the Wow?” “Our thoughts, words and actions align our past present and future.” —JRDjr

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Strategic Team Alignment Puts and Keeps People First; Always Focusing on Core Beliefs and Commensurate Behaviors

Character

Morals Ethics


Values

What do we know about ourselves?

What can we know about others?

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“You cannot solve a problem from the

same consciousness that created it. You

must learn to see the world anew.”

− Albert Einstein


Fresh Thinking for Envisioning Value in Strategic Team Alignment

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Retrain Your Brain JULY 20, 2011

“Every leader faces a share of irritating screw-ups and minor setbacks.

In response to those annoyances, some leaders get irritable and

stressed out. Others keep on moving. To be in that enviable latter

category, you need resilience. Train your brain to bounce back from

hassles rather than get snagged by them. Find a quiet place where you

won't be interrupted. Sit comfortably and focus on your breath. Notice

yourself inhale and exhale. Don't try to change your breathing, just be

attentive to it. As thoughts, sounds, or other distractions come up, let

them go and return your attention to your breath. By doing this 30

minutes a day you will teach your brain to go to a quiet calm place

when it is stressed, rather than triggering your fight or flight response.”

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A single word’s

value to others

and you is

influenced by

your depth of

definition,

breadth of

description, and

scope of view

for its desired

impact . . .

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Acronym Acumen Alignment Appreciation Ascendancy Aspiration Assertiveness Authenticity Civility Clarity Collaboration Commitment Confluence Courage Crucible Delineate Dignity Diligence Diversity Edification Emergence Empathy Engagement Esteem Imperative Influence

Innovation Inquisitiveness Intentionality Mentor Mission Momentum Passion Patience Peace Perspective Persuasiveness Pride Randomness Reach Rejuvenation Resistance Respect Response Restoration Result Success Team Trial Trust Vision Wisdom

Full-Year of 52 Word Chapters

Digital Press

A rather impertinent reporter from The Wall Street Journal asked Mikhail Gorbachev for one word to summarize the state of the Russian economy. One word.

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One word can make the difference . . .


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One word can make the difference . . .


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One word:

Good

Then two words:

NOT Good

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One word made a big difference . . .


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Incorrect word: “… most humiliating day of my life.” Correct word: “… most humble day of my life.”

Tuesday 19 July 2011

Rupert Murdoch Testifying Under Oath

Single Words and Concepts as Pivots toward New or Clearer Points-of-View toward Where People and Things are Moving


As you stand atop hills in your alert mind, allow your attention to pivot toward new views that may validate or change the direction you and your team members are heading. Focus!

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"The meaning of love is not to be confused with some sentimental outpouring. Love is something much deeper than emotional bosh.” − Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Yes, I what I do for a living. Yes, I love the favorable impact I have on lives of the people my work touches. Yes, I love __________________________ . . .


A Mission-Critical Three-Letter Word for Strategic Team Alignment

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Views from hills in your mind can change with

the direction you are looking, the height from

where you are looking, and how long you focus

for clarity. Opinions are less flexible than views.

If someone or something points your head or

heart in a different direction, your view changes.

Opinions you and others pronounce have much

less inherent flexibility than “sharing adjustable

views seen from just-right hill-height.”

Choose to express your views over imposing

your opinions. Share views and expect change.

Differentiating Views

From Opinions


Help is a Four-Letter

Word to Try to Avoid


Choose to offer,

provide and sustain support.

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Questions and Responses


Deep Alignment Breath No. 1: The Wisdom Breath

Breathe-in deeply — the present moment's reality. Sense it. Feel it.

Hold it as you think and feel with your mind, body and soul, “Wisdom."

Breathe-out — gently exhaling through whispering, “Wisdom.”

Gently whisper, “Wisdom . . . Courage . . . Patience . . .” Relax.

Deep Alignment Breath No. 2: The Courage Breath

Breathe-in deeply — the present moment's challenge to relax. Easy…

Hold it as you think and feel with your mind, body and soul, “Courage."

Breathe-out — gently exhaling through whispering , “Courage.”


Deep Alignment Breath No. 3: The Patience Breath

Breathe-in deeply — the present moment's opportunity to focus. Relax.

Hold it as you think and feel with your mind, body and soul, “Patience."

Breathe-out — gently exhaling through whispering, “Patience.”



Feel the alignment of mind, body and soul you are allowing yourself.

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Sir Winston Churchill’s Commencement Address

Persist

Persist

Persist



Persist with wisdom

Persist with courage

Persist with patience

A Strategically Aligned Team’s Commencement Address



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