Alignment Strong: A Strategic and Human-centric Handbook for Competitive Leadership

In our modern unforgiving and complex global market environment, this groundbreaking organizational change framework will allow you and your company to sustainably compete and thrive

In this inspirational guide, ex-CEO and road-tested executive leadership coach John E. Quinlan takes you as a leader on a journey of self-discovery.
Years ago, deep in the Utah desert near the end of a long motorcycle trek, Quinlan had a vision of perfect organizational alignment with da Vinci's Vitruvian Man at the core. This concept became Alignment Strong.
Concise yet impassioned, this essential handbook clarifies the ten components of Quinlan's proven competitive leadership model by overlaying them on a depiction of da Vinci's ideal human form. As a result, the perfect organizational alignment converges with the ultimate individual alignment.
By following the Alignment Strong framework, you will learn the importance of

John E. Quinlan has been up, down, and all around. He co-founded and ran a publicly traded financial services holding company, building it to 330 employees in 14 states and $430 million in assets. Quinlan ended up losing it all. His failure became his competitive advantage and ultimately the genesis for this book. After co-establishing a consulting and investment banking firm in Detroit, he left America for the other side of the world, where he and his wife founded, in remote Papua New Guinea, a certified-organic and Rain Forest Alliance coffee growing, collection, and exporting business. It grew and prospered until local greed and vengeance, culminating in an assassination attempt, forced the Quinlans to abandon their company. (At least he still had his motorcycle stored back in Michigan.) Quinlan is now an author, speaker, organization development specialist, and executive leadership coach. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Albion College in Michigan, and a Master of Science in Organizational Development (MSOD) from the American University, Washington, D.C.