Busy Team. Zero Alignment. (Copy)
January has a way of telling the truth. The calendar resets, your goals are fresh, and the energy feels high—but sometimes, even with all that momentum, something in your leadership team still feels *off*.
You’re busy. You’re in meetings. You’re making decisions.
And yet, alignment still feels just out of reach.
Decisions take longer than they should. Conversations keep circling back to the same issues. Tension lingers beneath the surface—even when everything looks “successful” from the outside.
In my work with executive teams, I see this pattern again and again. The problem usually isn’t effort or intelligence. It’s alignment.
But alignment doesn’t mean everyone thinks the same way or agrees all the time. Real alignment happens when every leader understands how they’re wired, how they create value, and how the people around them are wired too.
That’s why I rely on **GiANT’s 5 Voices** framework. It gives teams a shared language to name the different ways they lead, decide, and show up under pressure—so those differences stop being sources of frustration and start becoming sources of strength.
Most leadership teams function at about 50% of their true potential because not all voices are equally heard or valued. When leaders don’t understand their own voice—or don’t recognize the value in others’ voices—decisions slow, tensions rise, and alignment remains elusive.
So here’s my challenge to you and your team:
Take intentional time this quarter to build alignment around your voices before you accelerate into the rest of the year. The clarity and trust you build now will shape every decision, meeting, and outcome that follows.
