For many Talent and L&D leaders, aligning day-to-day work with broader business goals isn’t just a challenge—it’s a strategic imperative. And yet, only 32% of leaders say their planning is fully aligned with their organization’s business strategy. That’s a gap Cognota is closing with the release of our Strategic Alignment feature.

We built this capability with a single mission in mind: to help L&D teams connect strategy to execution. Whether you’re defining future skill needs, assessing workforce gaps, or tracking goal progress—this feature gives you the tools to do it with confidence, clarity, and speed.

Align Strategy with Real Work—Finally

The Strategic Alignment feature enables you to:

• Create quarterly or annual goals that align directly with company-wide objectives.
• Link team projects and work to those goals for clear visibility and accountability.
• Track delivery progress in real time with Goal Overview and Details pages—plus upcoming support for capacity and budget alignment.

No more wondering how initiatives ladder up to the big picture. With this feature, you’re connecting the dots across departments and teams—just like the best-in-class strategy frameworks suggest.

Why It Matters: Bridging the Strategy Gap

The “5 Steps” planning framework emphasizes that a winning Talent & L&D strategy starts with understanding your company’s goals, then identifying capability gaps, and setting measurable targets. But even the best strategy can fall short without a way to track and optimize execution.

Cognota’s new feature bridges that last mile by making your strategic plan visible and measurable. You’ll know:

• Which goals are on track or at risk.
• Where capacity issues may impact delivery.
• How aligned your budget is with your top priorities.

Power Up Your Planning with Cognota

Strategic planning isn’t just a one-time effort—it’s a living, breathing process that needs visibility, alignment, and action. With Cognota’s Strategic Alignment, you’re not just writing a plan—you’re executing it across your team and tracking its business impact.

Looking ahead, we’re enhancing this feature with resource and budget planning capabilities, bringing even more insight into how your team’s work contributes to bottom-line results.

Best Practices

Download this eBook to build a high-impact Talent and L&D strategy that drives measurable results and future-proofs your workforce.

You can also check out this article by Ryan Austin in the Training Journal for a practical five-step plan to align L&D with your organization’s strategic goals.

Feel free to reach out to support@cognota.com for any other questions or feedback about this feature.

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