Checking the Alignment

“The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.”

~ Tom DeMarco, Author, Teacher & Speaker

Recently, I read about an outdoor supervisor who started the morning by setting the expectations for the day in front of his entire crew. The supervisor’s expectations were in line with previous workdays – in fact, they were fully staffed for the first time in a while which was a big advantage for production expectations. But immediately he got pushback from one of his subordinate cr...