{"id":1009,"date":"2016-05-16T07:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T11:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamleadertraining.org\/?p=749"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:46:43","slug":"three-tips-for-aligning-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ldhr.org\/ar\/three-tips-for-aligning-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Tips for Aligning Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1009\" class=\"elementor elementor-1009\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e7d02c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e7d02c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13f2b426\" data-id=\"13f2b426\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381e351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"381e351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Hyatt is a leadership guru. He has learned a lot from his mistakes and generously shares his hard-earned wisdom with others on his <strong><span style=\"color: #536099\"><a style=\"color: #536099\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/alignment-sync-success.html?utm_source=dailynewsletter&amp;utm_campaign=20160513&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BLOG<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p><p>He recently wrote a post about the importance of aligning up &#8211; or what we often call influence leadership. I thought it was very helpful and wanted to share it with you.<br \/>These are his three simple but very important tips for about aligning others to the mission (with a few of my personal edits for our CCC\/Cru context). I hear him saying&#8230; do not assume aligning can be done quickly and easily, but it is possible to do it well!<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #b50707\"><strong>1. CONTACT<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong> You cannot keep your team aligned unless you have frequent contact with them.<\/strong> They are going to do their best with what you give them. If you don\u2019t spend time with them, it is inevitable that they\u2019re going to make decisions you don&#8217;t like.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>It is your responsibility to initiate this contact.<\/strong> You can do this in a variety of ways:<\/p><ul><li>In-person one-on-ones or Zoom\/Google Hangout calls<\/li><li>Regular staff meetings<\/li><li>Just walking around the office (if you have one)<\/li><li>Digital\/virtual tools (Google\/SLACK\/etc)\u00a0for projects<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #b50707\"><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Contact is not enough. <strong>You have to communicate. Your people cannot read your mind.<\/strong> They need to know what you expect. They need to understand the vision, mission, and desired outcomes. You will need to verbalize your expectations. Over and over again.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">In addition, if you don\u2019t like the direction your team is going, you&#8217;ll need to speak up\u2014before you get into a high-stakes situation where dialog is happening in real-time. Or worse, it\u2019s too late.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #b50707\"><strong>3. CONNECTION<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Communication is not enough either. <strong>For true alignment to take place, your people have to know and trust your heart.<\/strong> They have to be committed to your success and the success of the team.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">You may be tempted to think you\u2019re entitled to this trust by virtue of being their leader. You\u2019re not. You can demand their presence, but you can\u2019t demand their heart. You must earn it. <strong>You can only create a connection\u2014and thus alignment\u2014when you open your heart and let others in.<\/strong><\/p><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>For true alignment, your team has to know<br \/>and trust your heart.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>~ <\/strong>MichaeI Hyatt<\/p><\/blockquote><p>One of the best ways to do this is to talk about the why. As leaders, we create alignment when our teams can share some aspect of what motivates us.<\/p><p><strong>Alignment depends on everyone connecting on what\u2019s at stake.<\/strong><br \/>Alignment is critical if you want to get the right things done and move your organization forward in the most effective and efficient way possible. However, it won\u2019t happen on it\u2019s own. As a leader, you must take the initiative to create it.<\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #808080\">**If you want to read Michael Hyatt&#8217;s full post or more of his blog, click <span style=\"color: #007398\"><a style=\"color: #007398\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/alignment-sync-success.html?utm_source=dailynewsletter&amp;utm_campaign=20160513&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #808080\">The Team Leader Training includes an excellent session on leading up<b> <\/b>and another session in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldhr.org\/ar\/development\/leadership-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0625\u0637\u0627\u0631 \u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064a\u0627\u062f\u0629<\/a> area<strong>. <\/strong>You can also learn more about sharing your heart by studying the Leadership Framework <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldhr.org\/ar\/introduction-heart-of-the-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart of the Leader<\/a> session.\u00a0Follow these links to learn more and improve your leadership aligning skills!<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong>What have you found to be helpful when you are aligning others to the mission?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hyatt is a leadership guru. 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