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Organizational Alignment Instrument
1. The AlignComm Organizational Alignment Instrument
WHAT IS SURVEYTELLIGENCE?
A powerful online survey tool with easy-to-use, real- Powerful and compelling graphical analyses quickly
time diagnostics to help executives truly understand illuminate hidden disconnects between teams, while
and manage their strategic and organizational highlighting the most effective corrective measures.
alignment.
This web-based application is scalable to any size
A business partner of AlignComm, SurveyTelligence organization and, unlike traditional tools, is designed
uses a proprietary analytical engine to build high- to be an early warning system, furnishing real time
impact visualizations of previously hidden dynamics leading indications of alignment which allows
affecting employee engagement and organizational executives to seize market opportunities ahead of
alignment. the competition.
This is the only tool designed specifically to measure
Making sense of data can be a significant
organizational alignment and pinpoint barriers to
organizational challenge, but we make it easy
financial, operational and marketing improvement.
though a series of intuitive gauges that translate
WHAT DOES IT DO BEST? data into action—with only a click of a mouse.
With SurveyTelligence you can:
It provides clear, prioritized and
actionable intelligence to help View and manipulate your analysis
executives understand the degree of data online
alignment between their strategic plans, Examine micro and macro trends
and the day-to-day activities of people Isolate best practices, as well as
throughout the organization. performance gaps and
misalignments, through demographic
It shows managers how to build more comparisons
engaged teams that are better aligned Identify organizational strengths and
to the overall strategy. weaknesses
Generate predictive matrices that
It rapidly identifies internal best
quantify critical business drivers and
practices while providing management
correlate employee survey responses
teams with the information needed to
with organizational imperatives.
understand—and fix—the underlying
Quickly view trends through
reasons for misalignment and low
qualitative key-word searches
morale.
Identify which business units can
HOW DOES SURVEYTELLIGENCE DO THIS? view the data via select access
View comparative data that overlay
Through advanced statistical modeling that can be industry, customer or prior
simply manipulated and understood by all managers. measurement data.
Macro and micro trends can be quickly identified
and analyzed through an intuitive user interface.
2. The result is a new insight into what drives an executives many things they did not know
organization's performance. about their organization.
For HR, it is the perfect way to become a
WHO ARE THE TYPICAL USERS? more influential driver of organizational
change.
After a two-day training class, anyone can HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
successfully deploy SurveyTelligence. However, the
most frequent users are Human Resources and The majority of surveys are customized; however,
Organizational Development professionals. we draw on a comprehensive library of pre-designed
Typically, a SurveyTelligence consultant will work questionnaires to accelerate deployment.
with the organization to design and implement the Actionable results become available as soon as
first survey, and teach internal users how to sufficient employees have completed the survey.
interpret the results. Because of the highly interactive analytical
capabilities, new insights can be established within
Because the first SurveyTelligence report has the minutes. The information provided by
potential of unearthing powerful and sometimes SurveyTelligence can, in the hands of a trained
politically uncomfortable truths, the services of an practitioner, be translated into clear, concise and
InfoTool Certified Survey Consultant is often the compelling executive recommendations within a
most effective way to present the executive couple of days of survey closure.
recommendations.
WHO IS SURVEYTELLIGENCE?
WHY SHOULD I USE SURVEYTELLIGENCE?
We are a blended survey and organizational
It guarantees that your survey results will development consulting firm. Our worldwide team
get enterprise-wide attention. members include PhDs, authors and professors,
many of whom are recognized experts in their fields.
Every manager gets an unparalleled
opportunity to see deep into their teams, With SurveyTelligence, experienced consultants
while receiving a personalized set of know exactly what you need and how to do it. Our
prioritized activities. experience, diagnostic tools and analysis capability—
along with our tested implementation system—will
Senior leadership sees an overall picture of
guide you and your organization to success, within
each team’s alignment—or misalignment—
budget, and with amazing speed.
to the organizational strategy. These
reports, sorted by workgroup, show what WHO ARE THE CLIENTS?
parts of the business are underperforming,
along with specific remediation
alternatives.
Change agents will actually be able to affect
the business culture and measure the
ongoing impact of their efforts. Over 300 organizations have used this tools,
including Fortune 500 companies, large health care
A Value Chain Analysis highlights the organizations, and institutes of higher learning. Even
inefficiencies generated by typical “silos” companies with as few as 250 employees have
between workgroups. This tool enables successfully realigned themselves, thanks to
intelligent decision-making on ways to SurveyTelligence.
reduce waste and duplication.
For CEOs, it’s either a validation of their
“gut” feeling or (more often) a real eye- Contact pete@aligncomm.com for more details
opener. SurveyTelligence typically tells