Do you know the priorities?

Who it's for

Leadership teams a few months after presenting a strategy. Run it to find out what stuck.

Who answers

Everyone, anonymously, in two minutes. One open box where they write the priorities in their own words.

What you'll see

• How clear people find the direction, department by department
• Whether they could explain the priorities to somebody outside the company
• What gets in the way of following the strategy day to day
• The priorities as people remember them, written in their own words

How to get good answers

• The open box is the whole survey. Compare what people write with what you presented and you have your answer.
• Run it three to six months after the presentation, not the week after. You want what stuck, not what was heard.
• Do not list the priorities anywhere in the survey. The moment you show them, everyone recognises them and the test is gone.
• Read it by team. Alignment is rarely evenly bad, and the teams furthest from the room are usually the ones furthest from the plan.