#473 Creating Synergy: How to Align Your Team with Organizational Goals

Join Coach Curl on the Today's Leader podcast as we explore the power of creating a vision that inspires. Learn why a compelling vision is crucial for leadership and discover practical steps to craft one that unites and motivates your team.

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⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️:

00:00:00 - Creating a Vision That Inspires Action

00:01:12 - The Importance of Unity and Alignment in Leadership

00:02:14 - Crafting a Bold and Ambitious Vision

00:03:14 - Communicating Your Vision Effectively

00:04:13 - Reflecting on and Revisiting Your Vision

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Way to go, guys. Way to go. Keep it

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going. Good job, guys. All right, Paul, I

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see you. Great job, guys.

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Hey there, I'm Coach Curl and welcome to

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the Today's Leader podcast, Building

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Tomorrow's Best Leaders. Today, in

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today's episode, we're tackling a

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challenge that many leaders face, and

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that is about how to align your team

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with organisational objectives.

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How to align your team with

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organisational objectives.

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Misalignment is one of the biggest

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obstacles to organisational

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success when teams

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aren't clear on what it is that

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they're working towards or the reason why

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they're working towards that. It leads to

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inefficiency, frustration, and

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heaps of missed

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opportunities. So let's explore how

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you as a leader can ensure that your team

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is fully aligned with your

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organization's goals. So why

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is alignment critical?Alignment is about

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Alignment is about more than just getting

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everyone on the same page. It's about

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creating synergy. And here's why

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it's essential. It creates a clarity of

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purpose. When teams understand how their

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work contributes to the broader

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organizational objectives, they're more

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focused and they're more motivated.

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There's it leads to efficient

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execution. So alignment reduces

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wasted effort. Teams spend less time

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working on tasks that don't matter

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and more time driving

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impact and results.

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And #3 uh, it creates

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stronger engagement.

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Employees who see the bigger picture feel

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a deeper connection to their work and

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their organisation's success. Without

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alignment, even the best strategies fall

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apart because no one, no one is pulling

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in the same direction. So let's

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dive in and work through

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how you can foster alignment within your

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team. A communicate the bigger picture.

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We want to be really clear when we're

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articulating the organization's mission,

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vision, and their goals. Break these

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down into priorities and show your

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team how their work fits in to the

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framework. We need to

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set clear expectations. We need to once

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again we we'll CLA, we

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clarify expectations with goals and we

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use the SMART goal setting framework,

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specific, measurable,

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achievable, relevant and time

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bound. Ensure that each

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of your team members understands what

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success looks like

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in their role.

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And how their efforts

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contribute to the organizational goals.

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Encourage two way communication.

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Alignment isn't a one way street, right?

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We know this. Create opportunities for

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your team to ask questions, provide

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feedback and share concerns

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if they have of them. So doing

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regular team check-ins or

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strategy discussions. Will

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really help to create that two-way

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environment, that two-way communication

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environment. We want to reinforce

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alignment regularly. Alignment isn't a

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one and once and done. It's it's not a

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cookie cutter. We do it once and uh, it's

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got to be something that we do on a

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regular basis. Reinforce it through

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consistent communication, updates and

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reminders. And we do this during team

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meetings or our one-on-ones that we're

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having with our team.

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And finally, within the embedding it,

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we want to empower autonomy where we can

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within the alignment. So while alignment

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is critical, micromanaging it is

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not the answer. Can I say there's very

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few times when

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micromanagement is the answer?

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Very few. I acknowledge that there are

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some times where we need to micromanage.

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But aligning your team to organizational

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objectives is not one of them. Give teams

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the autonomy to innovate and find the

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best ways to achieve the objectives. They

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will surprise you, no doubt, with

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some of the ways they will do that.

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So as a leader, aligning your team

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with organizational. Objectives isn't

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just about communication. It's about

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creating clarity, fostering

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collaboration, and

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reinforcing purpose. This week,

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what I want you to do is take a moment to

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reflect. Is your team fully

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aligned with the organization's goals?

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If not, use the steps that we've just

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talked about to get everyone pulling

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in the same direction. As

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always, follow the link in the show notes

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for your activity worksheet from

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this episode. Hey, thanks for tuning

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in to the Today's Leader

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podcast. Remember to follow that

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link in the show notes for the activity

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sheet on today's podcast.

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Alignment is the glue that holds your

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strategy together and keeps

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your team focused on what truly

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matters. Now, if this episode gives you

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actionable insights, please share it with

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a fellow leader and let's continue our

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purpose of building tomorrow's best

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leaders today. Until next time,

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keep clear and maintain your purpose.

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I'll see you later.