CHAPTER 7

Strategic Alignment and Activating Your Team

Let’s Align on That!

We stood in the schoolyard, clutching half-filled coffee cups that added warmth to our hands, looking at the queue of parents lining up at the coffee cart waiting to order. Each one was chatting to others in the queue, all with mismatched empty coffee mugs in their hands, cups that had been lent to them from the staff room so disposable cups didn’t need to be used. The smell of the grinding coffee and the loud humming of the large espresso machine were both relaxing and exciting. The kids were already in class with their teachers, and we were all dawdling, chatting, and connecting before we headed to work from home or arrived a little late at work. The school community ...

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