Riaz Khadem - Total Alignment: Tools and Tactics for Streamlining Your Organization

Praise for Total Alignment

Total Alignment takes Riaz Khadems terrific One Page Management technique to the next level. Its a blueprint for moving any organizational team forward towards the greater good.

KEN BLANCHARD, COAUTHOR OF THE NEW ONE MINUTE MANAGER AND COLLABORATION BEGINS WITH YOU

One of the leading causes of companies not achieving their maximum potential is the lack of organizational alignment in strategy definition and implementation. Total Alignment is the answer to organizations achieving their potential and provides lots of practical insight as to how to achieve this elusive goal. Recommended to all managers, new or experienced, domestic or international, old or new economy, everybody can greatly benefit from it.

JAVIER FERNNDEZ, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CEMEX

This book offers a great step-by-step method that enabled our company to spread our business model.

DANIEL SERVITJE, CEO OF GRUPO BIMBO

For the first time we have a book that puts it all together: management processes that have always been apart are now aligned and integrated.

HCTOR RANGEL, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR BBVA BANCOMER

Total Alignment helps everyone in a company focus on whats important and truly generates value, thus shaping a collaborative culture within the firm. For us it has been a culture-changing philosophy.

GRACIANO GUICHARD, CEO OF LIVERPOOL DEPARTMENT STORES

Total Alignment gives us a solid framework to help an organization achieve high levels of performance. The concepts in this book are powerful and the beauty of lies in their simplicity, clarity and common sense.

ROBERTO MONTELONGO, COO OF SOFTTEK, A GLOBAL PROVIDER OF PROCESS-DRIVEN IT SOLUTIONS

We have implemented Total Alignment for nearly 20 years. The management technique helps companies go from vision to strategy, from specific decision making to execution of key goals which makes all the difference when steering your company towards your set targets.

JORGE BALLESTEROS FRANCO, CHAIRMAN, GMD RESORTS

This book is the Bible for any CEO looking for a management model based on employee accountability and empowerment. It helps you develop and maintain a new cooperative culture where each employee offers their commitment and individual contribution to the benefit of the whole company.

ARMANDO MUOZ, CEO OF SOTEC SPAIN

Well written, filled with useful, practical gems, without needless fluff, Total Alignment is perfect for the busy executive looking for quick, digestible knowledge that is equally easy to apply. A must read for leaders who seek to further evolve their leadership, operational efforts, and organizational effectiveness.

JENNY CARRILLO, VP OF ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AT AMERICAN WELL

Great contribution for the managerial community worldwide, independent of size and economic sector, to align and execute strategy with great impact on leadership style and organizational culture. Total Alignment should be mandatory reading to improve results.

HUGO ESTRADA N., CEO OF REMOLINA ESTRADA CONSULTING

Total Alignment is a methodology that helps you implement company strategies and improve personal leadership. It touches the most delicate borders between wanting to do something and showing you how things can happen.

ZAHIE EDID, DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LIVERPOOL DEPARTMENT STORES

Total Alignment has allowed us to survive through the most difficult financial times and crisis, and helped us thrive through a simple group of processes that helped align our vision for the years to come with complete and total accountability.

NORBERTO SANCHEZ, CEO OF NORSAN GROUP

The Total Alignment methodology is the most exciting mechanism I have ever seen. Empowering the employee and the leader at all levels, this book shows you the benefits of having everyone in the company doing what the company expects using simple strategies to effectively manage the growth of your company.

JAVIER GOROSTIZA, DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS AT SOTEC

Total Alignment is a complete system that helps organizations achieve vision and really live their mission supported by practical processes that guide the achievement of results. It integrates efforts towards the same direction in a surprising way and is an integral solution that greatly increases the chances of success.

ANTONIO DE LA LLATA, CEO OF GRUPO GUAYMEX MEXICO

Riaz Khadem has developed a simple and effective framework based on what successful managers and entrepreneurs do in order to align everyone in an organization of any size. A must read for anyone looking to manage and direct groups of any kind looking to achieve long term goals.

JUAN PABLO LOPERENA, CEO OF TIP MEXICO

Now its even more clear that this is a book that is not enough to read once or twice. It should be part of the team training in every organization. Its a great present when I mentor other entrepreneurs. Its amazing how Total Alignment can guide entrepreneurs to take their companies to the next level by having them focus on what is important in todays fast growing market and have a guide to make it happen.

JORGE ARTEAGA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HOLISTIK

Total Alignment is a masterful work that integrates and aligns vision with the organization getting extraordinary results. Read this powerful book and learn from one of the best.

OSCAR ODRIOZOLA, HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST WORKING WITH BENAVIDES CHAIN OF PHARMACIES, MEXICO

This book consolidates Riaz Khadems decade-long experience with strategic management to offer a clear method of moving from strategy to implementation in an effective and lasting way.

JAIME GARCA NARRO, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL, TECNOLGICO DE MONTERREY

The books description of lack of alignment in organizations is quite real and usual. Total Alignment is a good guide for addressing everything needed to achieve objectives and align the organization with its strategy.

JORGE DEL POZO, DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION OF BERLYS CORPORACIN ALIMENTARIA, SPAIN

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T hanks to the dedication and the integration of a great group of people, the loyalty of our customers and lots of work, FEMSA has now grown to USD 19.4 billion in revenues with more than 265,000 collaborators. It is the largest beverage company in Latin America, the fastest growing and most profitable retailer in Latin America, and the largest bottler for Coca Cola worldwide. I had the good fortune to run this company as CEO from 1995 to 2014 and currently serve as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.