<ul><li>A leadership team that lacks alignment can benefit from using the analogy of the exit row speech on a flight.</li><li>To achieve alignment, an executive leader can ask each team member to state their position on a decision or initiative.</li><li>The three possible responses are 'Yes, I'm in,' 'Not yet, because I need more information,' or 'No, and here's why.'</li><li>Not achieving alignment can result in the 'Meeting After the Meeting,' where factions form and suboptimal outcomes occur.</li></ul>

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