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Are you frustrated with your team’s effectiveness?

Peter de Lange • May 24, 2021

Are you frustrated with your team’s effectiveness?

In my discussions with companies both large and small, I have often come across leaders who are frustrated with their teams' effectiveness.

In my experience, this is not due to a lack of ability or desire, but rather stems from the lack of alignment amongst the team.

Alignment reflects an active ownership on the part of the team, many leaders fall into the trap of assuming their team is aligned with the companies’ goals and vision.

Aligning your organization requires strong communication, leadership, and buy-in at every level.

Here are 4 steps to gain alignment on organizational, team, and employee goals.

1. Set clear organizational goals.

Goal alignment starts at the top. Get together as a leadership team to discuss the company vision and strategy, and identify the specific goals you want to achieve as an organization. Get crystal clear on your objectives. Company goals should be targeted, strategic, and built around a vision the entire organization can share.

2. Get buy-in.

Once you have your organizational goals outlined, it’s time to share them with your team. Meet with senior and middle managers to communicate your vision and outline the specific goals and benchmarks you’ve identified for the company.

3. Communicate goals on every level.

When goals and accountabilities are clear, employees are 2.8x more likely to be engaged. Yet only 40% of employees across organizations know what their company’s goals are.

Make goals a regular part of leadership meetings, team meetings, employee one-on-ones, regular communications, will reinforce, remind, and align employees across the organization.

4. Help employees achieve their goals.

Employees can’t succeed in a vacuum. They need team and organizational support to set and achieve their goals.

What would it mean to you if every team member knew the business' goals and vision?

What would it mean to you if you could get all the people in your organization rowing in the same direction?

Peter de Lange is the Leading Business Coach at ActionCOACH,

His mission is to connect and impact the lives of 10,000 business leaders who were awake at 2am this morning desperate for a solution to their business.

It is time to take back control, eliminate the cause and start working towards achieving the full potential that you envisioned for yourself and your Business.

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