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Diana Stepner February 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM

If you feel stuck when building or maintaining a product, have you considered your team may not be aligned? They hear the same words, but the interpretation might differ from what you expected.

Prompt --> How can you ensure your team members are aligned?

Teams often lack a shared goal, context, and language when being formed. This can be devastating later on, if not resolved.

The Team Alignment Map, created by Stefano Mastrogiacomo, is a visual tool that allows participants to prepare for action: hold more productive meetings and structure the content of their conversations. It can help teams have more productive kickoffs, with better engagement and increased business success.

Each building block illustrates essential information to be discussed with your team. Identifying perception gaps early on can prevent you from being misaligned without even knowing it.

A copy is attached. Enjoy!

Michael J Frank February 13, 2025 at 01:32 AM

Thank you, looking forward to reading it 👏

Alin Lacea February 13, 2025 at 07:04 PM

That looks like a great tool to make sure that everybody is on the same page. Looking forward to give it a try. I might actually need it in one of the current projects, as misalignment already caused issues. Thanks for the recommendation!