ari Strategic planning sessions seem to evoke emotions of excitement and dread about equally. The energy around making big plans and thinking about a prosperous future goes hand in hand with worries about agreeing on how to accomplish goals and […]
Blast from the Past Picture the workplace of 1999. Executives set strategy in closed-door meetings. Plans are compiled and shared with management in large three-ring binders. Employees track metrics in Excel spreadsheets and share them on floppy disks. Flash forward […]
For Align’s November coach webinar, we’re focusing on a topic front of mind for CEOs as we approach the year’s end, “How to Conduct a Successful Strategic Planning Session”. We’ve enlisted the help of Jennifer Faught, Executive Coach at Petra […]
Celebrating the success of our users motivates the work we do at Align. We love to hear stories of accomplishments made possible by the implementation of good business habits using Align. So we were excited to co-host a panel discussion […]
by Emmy German, Align Advisor. Emmy will be hosting webinars on October 22nd and 23rd to discuss Align’s new team features. We can all agree that simply telling workers “what” they need to do is not as effective as helping […]
For Align’s August coach webinar, we were joined by Herb Cogliano, managing partner and coach at Aspire Growth Advisors. Herb has more than 30 years experience as an entrepreneur, both as CEO of Sullivan and Cogliano, a staffing solutions firm named to […]
So your business is ready for rapid growth… Congratulations! Scaling up a business is not only one of the greatest challenges in entrepreneurship, but also a critical contributor to net new job creation, according to the SBA. Navigating the growth […]
Is everyone in your organization on the same page? What seems like a straight-forward question gets to the heart of a complex and critical challenge for leaders: creating and maintaining a culture of alignment. The problem appears to be widespread. […]
In his second webinar for Align (see Part 1 here), Dave Ramos, CEO of SHIFTPOINTS strategy coaching, breaks down “The Twelve Accelerators”, critical factors of alignment every company must get right to unify their organization and find success. During the […]
Scaling up your company can be daunting and it doesn’t help that everyone in a five-foot radius wants to give you advice, insights, and “nuggets of wisdom”. The trouble is, even well-intentioned advice can be dangerous if it isn’t fact-checked. […]