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Alignment

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/əˈlaɪnmənt/nounCommon term

In management & leadership, alignment means: A state in which teams, goals and actions support the same strategy and priorities, so that different parts of an organisation work in the same direction.

In Turkish: uyum, hizalanma, ortak yöne odaklanma

How it is used

A very common word in management meetings and strategy documents: strategic alignment, alignment between teams, get alignment. The verb is align: 'Let's align on the next steps.' It can sound like jargon if overused.

Example sentences

  1. There's no alignment between what sales promises and what operations can deliver.

  2. The workshop is meant to create alignment on our three priorities for next year.

Common collocations

  • strategic alignment
  • get alignment
  • alignment between teams
  • lack of alignment
  • create alignment
  • strategyA long-term plan that sets out where an organisation wants to go and the main choices it will make to get there, such as which markets to enter and what to stop doing.
  • OKRShort for objectives and key results: a goal-setting method in which each ambitious objective is paired with a few measurable key results that show whether it was achieved.
  • visionA clear picture of what an organisation or team wants to become in the future, used to give people direction and a reason to work towards the same aim.
  • siloA department or team that works in isolation and does not share information or cooperate well with other parts of the same organisation.
  • buy-inReal agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they actively help to make it work.

This word in other fields

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