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Team Alignment: 5 Steps to Align Your Team on What Matters Most
- To improve team alignment, leaders need to ensure that core habits are consistently demonstrated throughout their department.
- The first step is to identify a strategic initiative that meets three critical criteria: it's central to the department's success, requires collaboration, and needs broad ownership.
- The team must then select one key habit that will have a significant positive impact on the initiative’s success.
- The team should then align on two priority habits that will have the greatest impact on driving success for the initiative.
- Every leader on the team needs to model, communicate, and reinforce the chosen habits to ensure that they stick and become the norm.
- This process isn't just about another project plan, it's about building a culture where everyone understands what success looks like and acts accordingly.
- Leaders must create a habit-tracking system to monitor progress and hold team members accountable when necessary.
- Aligned actions lead to better collaboration, stronger commitment, and ultimately, higher performance.
- Team alignment starts with leaders setting the tone and consistently modeling the desired behaviors.
- Leaders must communicate the core habits throughout the department and reinforce them to ensure they become the norm.
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