1. The 7S Model
and Shared Vision
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2. How? vs. What matters!
How do you do it? What refusal have I been postponing?
How long will it take? What is the commitment I am willing to
make?
How much does it cost? What is the price I am willing to pay?
How do you get those people to What is my contribution to the problem?
change?
How do you measure it? What is the judgment I need to make?
How have other people done it What do we want to create together?
successfully?
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3. The question is:
What do we want to create?
NOT
How do we do it?
or
How have other people done it successfully?
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4. The 7S Model and Shared Vision - @edkless

5. The Modified Seven S Model
Skills
Structure
Shared
Strategy Staff
Vision
Style
Systems
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6. Shared Vision
Skills
Shared Strategy Staff
Structure
Vision
Style
Systems
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7. Shared Vision Fundamentals
• Principles (aka Core
Beliefs)
• Purpose (aka Mission
Statement) Shared
Vision
• Vision (aka Aspiration
Statement) aka Courageous
Goal
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8. Principles
Founding beliefs of your company
Answers the question “What do we collectively believe in?”
Should rarely change
Usually between four and eight words or statements
Internal vs. external
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9. Principles (cont.)
Examples
Agility, Innovation, Trust, Integrity, Simplicity
Ensure quality of life balance
Acting with integrity, truthfulness and an open line of communication
Work collaboratively as a team, understanding and drawing on each other’s strengths
Have raving fans for customers
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10. Purpose
• Usually composed of three parts
• What do we do?
• Who benefits from what we do?
• How do we do it? (optional)
• Answers the question - “Why did I come to work today?”
• Should be easy to memorize
• Can sometimes change
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11. Purpose—Examples
To help make it easier for our customers to manage their business processes
To improve the business success (what we do) of our clients (who benefits) by
providing superior business systems (how we do it)
Improving the success of our team, our clients and our partners.
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12. Vision—Courageous Goal
• BHAG
• Clear and concise with little room for interpretation
• Should take three to five years to achieve and be difficult and daring
• Must be aligned with your purpose and principles
• Should change when achieved
• Can be quantitative and qualitative
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13. Aspiration – Courageous Goal
What are you deeply
passionate about?
BHAG
What can you be What drives your
the best in world at? economic engine?
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14. Courageous Goal – Examples
• To be recognized as the most valuable supporter of small and medium sized
companies by creating greater freedom for them to succeed.
• Crush Adidas
• A computer on every desk and in every home
• To increase revenue per employee to $250,000 by December 2012
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15. Q&A
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