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Aligning Your Organization For Results. United Way Southern Institute Asheville, North Carolina May 23, 2013. Tish McCutchen Director, Network Engagement and Performance United Way Worldwide. Alignment means… The proper adjustment of components for coordinated functioning
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Aligning Your OrganizationFor Results United Way Southern Institute Asheville, North Carolina May 23, 2013 Tish McCutchen Director, Network Engagement and Performance United Way Worldwide
Alignment means… The proper adjustment of components for coordinated functioning A state of agreement among persons or groups with a common cause or viewpoint
Operate as an integrated and aligned organization Have the right skills, competencies & leadership Executing on the Business Model What will it take to become a United Way mobilizing for community impact? A deeper focus on certain elements of the Standards of Excellence Engage and align with the community around a cause Create & deepen relationships with individuals& institutions Develop strategies and focus actions Mobilize resources Align and execute on plans and strategies Measure, evaluate & communicate results If we wish to be effective, we will need to:
Sequencing: The Pathway to Mobilization • Next Critical Steps • Starting point varies • Continue deepening previous steps • Begin work in at least one • additional business practice below Critical First Steps Outwardly Facing Steps to Deepen & Recalibrate Leadership Commitment to Community Impact & Turning Outward CEO, Sr. Staff, Board Mobilize Resources Give, Advocate & Volunteer To what end? Progress on Community Education, Income & Health Goals Develop & Implement Strategies & Metrics With community focus & involvement Measure & Evaluate Results. Adapt Strategies Turning Outward & Listening in the Community Deepen Relationships With individuals, institutions & informal networks Public Commitment of UW & Partners to an Issue Learn & Innovate Critical Competencies/ Behaviors to Ground & Support Throughout Strategically Communicate Develop Talent Align & Integrate
Business Performance Matrix Resources/Capacity/Influence Population ≥ 1,000,000 F500 / GCL co. HQ or ≥12 GCL non-HQ co.’s No F500/GCL co. HQ and<12 GCL non-HQ co.’s FTE < 1 Business Performance Index Southern Institute, May 2013
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. -- Henry Ford