Best Practices for Aligning Your Team

Take the Alignment Quiz

1. Do you offer intuition to communicate more with your personal feelings and opinions than with facts and logic?

Best Practice: People who explain their rationale tend to communicate the reasoning and facts behind an idea or decision.

2. Do you deliver impromptu messages and tend not to invest energy in organizing what you have to say before you speak?

Best Practice: People who deliver structured messages prioritize organizing what they want to say, making it easier for others to understand.

     3.  Do you present information and communicate new ideas and information without room for discussion?

Best Practice: People who exchange perspectives tend to encourage dialogue around new ideas and information.

4. Do you tend to challenge and respond with questions and skepticism to different points of view?

Best Practice: People who are receptive invite and appreciate different points of view.

5. Are you reserved and tend to display little emotion even when you are excited about something?

Best Practice: People who are expressive tend to be upbeat and communicate in an open and lively manner.

6. Are you matter-of-fact and straightforward, practical, and tend to focus on the facts?

Best Practice: People who are encouraging tend to inspire others to believe in the importance of their work.