At Align, we live by good business habits. Long term strategic planning, supported by daily huddles and continuous priority tracking, ensures that we stay focused on what drives our business forward. The success of the methodology has been confirmed time […]
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. […]
Businesses are making concerted efforts to improve transparency and accountability. It’s the key to building bilateral trust between leaders and their employees, and is proven to have a tangible effect on retention, engagement and productivity. In a market where skilled […]
Employees are arguably the most important stakeholders for your business. Skilled workers are in high demand and losing valued members of your team can be a catalyst for both capacity and morale issues. Retention and job satisfaction efforts need to […]
Written by Matt Haines I’m pretty sure we all understand this by now: technology is changing just about everything, even our pace of life. And we can see evidence of that wherever we look. For example, yesterday I learned our […]
Written by Emmy German, Align Advisor Vulnerability is “In.” As entrepreneurs and business leaders, we know that we need to put ourselves out there to find success. But do we? In a new Netflix special, researcher, author, and story-teller Dr. […]
Nowadays, March in New Orleans doesn’t just mean the return of Mardi Gras, Crawfish boils, and beautiful weather, but also the celebration of newer traditions like New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW). New Orleans has become a hotbed for startups across […]
The Chief Happiness Officer at MaxHome in New Orleans is a little down these days. As in bored. The home renovation company, whose mission statement is “to make everybody happy,” has, judging from annual sales, made everybody happy. Certainly customers […]