One of my personal interests is executive team alignment.  As a change communication consultant, I have seen far too many organizations attempt to roll out initiatives before the senior leadership team is on the same page themselves.  As you can imagine, this creates confusion across the board, increases cynicism in the ranks, and slows the change process.

Executive coach, Meredith Kimbell recently shared a technique for assessing the alignment of your own leadership team.  She suggests asking yourself and your staff three questions:

• How will we know we’ve arrived?
• What results must I and my team contribute?
• How are we doing and what’s next?

To read Meredith’s article, Leading Your Leadership Team, click here.  For more on the topic, check out:

• Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• My blog posts on Executive Team Alignment
• The HBR article, The New Deal at the Top