Team alignment is rarer than most leaders think. Research into how strategy plays out across hundreds of organisations found that only about a third of senior managers could name their organisation's top three goals — and even given five tries, only around half could agree on the single top priority. Why misalignment is so costly Even slight misunderstandings or differing perceptions — often from siloed thinking — slow the business down, and ultimately the bottom line with it

Many teams set yearly goals for how they want to behave — and then fall short on the follow-up. It's a bit like a New Year's resolution that never gets resolved: the goal gets buried in the day-to-day, or forgotten the moment the first crisis hits. Why a 90-day behavioural goal works So try something different. What would it look like to set a 90-day team behavioural goal for high performance? One that's discussed and reviewed often, that everyone is fully committed to holdin

There's a lot leaders can learn from a great sports coach — and most of it is about team coaching. The best coaches understand that the success of the team is greater than any one player, and that even a talented group doesn't succeed in a vacuum. It takes continual work to align a team of teams. Why team coaching matters more than ever We're seeing a growing need for team coaching as leaders navigate hybrid work, rising complexity and uncertainty, tighter budgets, and a shar

Here's a question worth asking every team: on a scale of one to ten, how effective are you? The answers are always varied and subjective — but the act of rating is revealing. Rarely is a team aligned on how it would even describe its own effectiveness, which raises a bigger question: are they actually a team? A team, or a group that meets? Many of the teams we work with are really a group of people who come together regularly — but to what end? With hybrid working challenging

Here's a question that quietly shapes how an organisation works: what is your primary team — the leadership team you're a member of, or the team that you lead? In practice, most leaders identify more with the team they lead. That's the group they associate with first. Why your primary team matters Thinking linearly about 'me and my team' can exacerbate siloed thinking and internal competition. It raises real questions: what is a leader's responsibility to the leadership team