Building a Business
I Found Out the Hard Way That This Common Professional Response Is the First Sign of Trouble
When everyone agrees, your team is in danger.
Total Alignment
Building a Business
3 Steps to Forge a Stronger Alignment With Your Client
When it comes to building strong relationships with clients, you must consider their unique worldviews to fully understand and meet their needs.
Thought Leaders
It’s Time to Focus on This Vital Missing Piece of the Workplace Puzzle
If 2021 was the year to embrace remote working, 2022 is the year to embrace alignment.
By Chip House
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Consultation Is the Driving Force Behind Alignment
Before automatically taking action, consider consulting with someone who can give you another perspective.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: The 3 Dimensions of Alignment
You can ensure a clear understanding among all employees of your organization's mission, vision and values.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Decision Making and the Culture of Alignment
How decisions are made will affect the motivation, collaboration and commitment of the members of the organization.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Manage the Present, But Focus on the Future
If the top levels don't channel their creativity into setting strategic projects in motion, who will?
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Collaboration Is the Backbone of Alignment
There is indeed no "I" in team.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: The Map That Will Help You Sustain Alignment
A new, ongoing series from the authors of 'Total Alignment' continues by breaking down a diagram that can help guide your business to new levels of success.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Focus for Success
A new, ongoing series from the authors of 'Total Alignment' continues with how to smooth the path to your goals.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: Market Alignment With Segmentation and Differentiation
A new, ongoing series from the authors of 'Total Alignment' continues with a look at how defining a segment and focusing on its needs gets you one step closer to your goals.
Building a Business
‘The Alignment Factor’: The Keys to Internal Alignment
A new series from the authors of 'Total Alignment' debuts with a deep dive into working efficiently and collaboratively to fulfill a company's purpose.
Human Resources
One Simple Diagram Your Business Needs to Succeed
Align your organization and keep everyone focused on the key factors of success with this one powerful instrument.
Thought Leaders
How to Coach Your Team with Vertical Reviews
It's time to shake things up, get rid of those standard annual reviews and use a vertical review to help your employees improve their performance.
Thought Leaders
The One System That Changes Employee Behavior
Find out the four steps you can put in place to create a productive, effective workforce.
Human Resources
Why Every Employee Needs an Individual Scorecard
Want your people focused on the right activities and held accountable for their contributions? Set up a scorecard system and watch it happen.
Building a Business
How to Effectively Measure Strategic Initiatives
Follow this expert advice for laying out a game plan for any project or initiative that will help you evaluate it before, during and after the project is complete.
Human Resources
How Team Review Meetings Can Increase Collaboration
Once you've reviewed past performance, these tips can help your teams work together better in the future.
Thought Leaders
3 Reports Every Manager Should Have
Making sure your employees are in alignment with your organization's goals will be easier if you track their progress with these 3 reports.
Thought Leaders
The 4 Roles of Accountability Within Your Company
To be sure everyone knows what they're responsible for, you need to assign one of these four roles to every employee in every project.
Thought Leaders
How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Company’s Vision
Once you have a vision statement in place, find out how to choose the right indicators that will determine if you're meeting those goals on a daily basis.