Teams thrive where the vision and goals are clear and backed up with metrics of success One of the most striking aspects of our corporation is the common perspective every employee has on the nature of the business. In a functional organization there is no such common focus. There is no responsibility for the the customer or a common product. The goal is to keep work moving to the next function. In our corporation, there is a common focus and everyone knows how he or she fits in.
Every leader has to speak to the issue of attainment of the corporate objectives.
It's a contract. In the individual performance evaluation we look at how well we did relative to our corporate objectives which are expressed as Imperatives for Excellence, Stretch Goals, and other goals in our Strategic Plan. We have 14 imperatives that guide teams. The 6 stretch goals pervade the entire business process. They are goals that exceed our current grasp and call for exceptional effort by teams.