See also: conference participants

policy discussions with extended management teams

Involve top and relevant management layers to discuss at peer level and anonymously a policy (HR, R&D, strategy, Knowledge Management) and to identify together levels of alignment and the most relevant the key issues, revisions, and insights as input for Top Management decisions.

Synthetron helped a multinationals newly appointed CTO to quickly understand what the 30 top leaders consider to be the main challenges and expectations in the R&D and this way be more effective faster.

check strategy alignment top 100

Test if the top 100 management is aligned with the key aspects of your strategy. Invite them to 1 hour anonymous peer discussion in which they themselves will indicate their level of alignment with the strategy discuss potential gaps and levers and filter their most relevant key reflections out of the discussion.

Synthetron helped the General Manager of a software company to test alignment of middle management with the strategy presented two days earlier. The insights of the Synthetron discussion helped him to phase the roll out and understand what the bottlenecks, resistance and levers were in the eyes of his middle management.

new manager: sound issues with different management layers

Accelerate your assessment phase as new manager by involving different management layers in a discussion around few questions: 1) how good are we performing today? and explain reasoning behind your score with specific examples 2) how comfortable do you feel with the strategic direction of the company? and explain the reasoning behind your score 3) what are the most important issues changes we need to address as company in the next year? (or next 3 years) and explain.

feedback from audience or talk to staff

You spent enormous energy in communicating to staff with face to face and virtual means? Measure and understand the impact efficiently involve many staff members in a many to one feedback discussion in which you can test alignment, identify pressing issues and gaps and get advice bottom up.