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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Operations
Weekly Review
Purposedifferent
McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-121
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WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
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OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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Operations
Getting Things Done
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model