ALIGNED ORGANISATION
Creating alignment in organisation
Everyone is on the same page
In this training course I start with principles that are important for more aligned organisation. Then I move on to the role of managers and the need to get alignment at management level on the priorities. Another part of the training covers the alignment on team level – concrete practices that teams can apply for greater alignment. No alignment is fully there without trust – I dedicate a full module on the trust topics since it’s so important but so hard to build. Finally, the training concludes with a cross-team alignment mechanisms that can be created when multiple teams are involved in working on the same objective.
Course outline
- Creating inclusive communication
- Transparent documentation tools and practices
- Fostering open discussions
- Prioritisation techniques
- Roadmapping
- Risks associated with deadlines and time estimates
- Planning of the future work (short-term planning, “pull” principle, unwritten contract between the manager and the team)
- Demonstrating the work products (objectives, format, audience)
- Eradicating the culture of reporting
- Considerations for setting time limitations and deadlines
- Practices for improving the mutual trust
- Collaboration with other teams (daily sync, awareness of other team’s work products)
- The role of managers in splitting the work and resolving conflicts
“Janis expertise and hands-on approach to coaching our cross-functional teams to become better has been vital to expose anti-patterns and tackle those - to strengthen our business development efforts. His expertise and fresh thinking helped to improve team efficiency and introduce strategic product prioritisation practices.”
"Thanks to Jānis, the team was not only able to scale but also deliver with speed, rigor, and cohesiveness - which enabled us to consistently hit our team and company-wide OKRs."
António Lopes
Senior Product Manager | ex-Revolut