When everyone in the team is aligned, and “on the same page”, all team members are clear about what they are doing and why they are doing it and are committed to fulfilling their responsibilities to achieve the team’s goals. As a result, highly aligned teams become high-performing teams.

Level of Alignment

Intégro’s research on building high-performance teams clearly shows that alignment is essential for achieving high performance and alignment cannot be achieved without a high level of trust. If trust is low, team members are unable to have the robust conversations they need to have to achieve high levels of alignment.

When everyone in the team is aligned, and “on the same page”, all team members are clear about what they are doing and why they are doing it and are committed to fulfilling their responsibilities to achieve the team’s goals. As a result, highly aligned teams become high-performing teams.

This level of alignment can only be achieved when there is a high level of trust in the team, because only when there is trust will team members have robust conversations, they must achieve a high level of alignment.

The assessment will accurately pinpoint exactly which level of alignment currently exists in the team. Is the team in the bottom quartile (25% of all teams), the second, third, or top quartile? Our research has also identified the specific trust-building behaviors needed to increase alignment and move a team to higher levels of performance.

High-performance teams outperform other similar teams and outperform what you would expect of the team given the make-up of the team. A champion team will outperform a team of individual champions!

What is the Level of Alignment in your Team?

When everyone in the team is aligned on their purpose, values, vision, goals, priorities, and roles all team members are clear about what they are doing and why they are doing it and are committed to fulfilling their responsibilities. Collaborative teams generate better ideas, have increased efficiency, share the workload, make faster decisions, and have a higher level of trust. Alignment is the key.

Measure your team's current level of alignment with a tool that is valid and reliable. Once you have that information, you can identify the specific steps team members need to take to increase the alignment and trust in the team.