Alignment is the keystone to building a successful organization (or successful anything, really), and it is perhaps most critical to entrepreneurs and startups, because you’re building from the ground up.
What does that look like in practice? We’ve pulled together a variation of ways to approach alignment so you can see which works best for you, your style, and organization.
5 Ways to Ensure Team Alignment and Improve Performance
This is practical alignment that is wholly applicable to your workplace and mindspace. Whether you’re managing with just one other person, or a team of over hundred, this piece takes a broad approach. Moreover, it has a section for our current digital realm mid-pandemic and post-pandemic style (at this point, remote work should be assumed as a natural part of the future of work).
Why Alignment At Global Companies Is So Elusive
This piece covers the importance of alignment in global companies. Perhaps more critically, if you want your company to employ and work with and for diverse people, it is important to be aware that what works for some may not work for others. (Hello, empathy!)
Are Your Global Teams Working Together? How Geo Alignment Helps Companies Succeed Globally
“Geo Alignment” is used here to explain how this particular kind of alignment is one of the most important factors for organizations to work cohesively and successfully.
‘The Alignment Factor’: The Keys to Internal Alignment
Entrepreneur has useful advice when it comes to integrating good team alignment for your business, and covers what it really takes for team alignment to work.
These pieces from experts and innovators can help you not only to clarify the concept of team alignment, but also to craft ways for a team to work as one while still maintaining individuality and personal sense of identity. Alignment isn’t about blending into a muddy mess of colors — it’s about pushing a goal forward while embracing the unique talents of each team member. It can make all the difference in bringing your vision to life.
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