Getting Around False Alignment in a Changing World
8+ years of our research with the University of Denver proves it: agreement is not alignment. "Yes, I agree" is often unexpressed concern, not commitment.
Category Team Alignment
The Culture Crisis: When Leaders Leave
Culture eats strategy. Is it eating your leaders too? 8 things the best cultures do before asking leaders to do more.
What Haaland Says After Every Goal (And Why Your Team Needs It)
Haaland's words reveal the psychology behind ONE TEAM.
Can You ‘Inspire’ Your Way Through This?
Most change efforts stall not because the plan was wrong, but because people didn't feel safe enough to move. Here's what leaders miss.
“Who’s Got This?” The Cost of Role Ambiguity in Leadership Teams
Discover how role ambiguity in leadership slows decisions, duplicates effort, and creates orphaned work, and what to do about it.
The Meetings That Feel Too Perfect
In a room full of energy and excitement, there's a danger in mistaking the feeling of alignment for alignment itself.
Empowered on Paper, Hesitant in Practice
Empowerment can exist on paper and still stall in practice. The Best Ever Principle activates leaders to step into the moment and make it better.
There’s a Gap in Your Team’s Alignment
When 5 familiar signs appear despite smart people and good intentions the issue is not effort but barriers constraining execution.
Is Motion Masking Misalignment?
Surface alignment creates motion. Deep alignment creates coordination. Without it, teams compensate with effort instead of progress.
Mindset Matters for the Holidays!
Give yourself a gift this season: a mindset of gratitude that makes room for more joy.