Are they aligning with your purpose and principles?
"What I am most grateful as Secretary-General is that for the first time in the history of the G20, the Chinese leadership is aligning the action agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate change agreement, in their action agenda of the G20.
Management aims to ensure efficiency through routine planning, organising and co-ordinating; leadership aims to create change by envisioning a better future, aligning those who can make it happen, or block it, and inspiring them to do it.
Avoid taking a short-timer's attitude and avoid aligning yourself with any discontented co-workers.
Many successful people found success by following their passions, and they did this by aligning their work with their preferences.
Lynn Elsenhans, former CEO of Sunoco, notes that aligning employee goals and incentives with enterprise targets will level the playing field and make everyone part of the conversation.
