How to Create a Pattern of Alignment

What pace are you setting for your team?

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau

What pace are you setting for your team? Is your team following or are they walking to the beat of a different drummer?

Here is what I know, all organizations have a rhythm. Your team will follow it to the extent that they know it and agree with it. If the rhythm is unknown then they will look elsewhere and find a rhythm.

If you want to align your team, here are four habits that can help you establish a pattern for your organization.

Create a sequence of flow

Cadence is what you usually consider when talking about rhythm. It’s the rhythmic sequence of flow and activity. It’s the recurring patterns and routines that your organization takes part in.

Intentional or not, you have a cadence.

If you have company extended holidays, that’s cadence. Every year, you repeat the same habit of time off.

Your employees plan around those days off too. They make arrangements to take care of personal things around the…