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Take the time to get onboarded properly by Align's friendly staff. It made things very smooth for us and we had the product up and running well within a quarter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Getting everyone aligned!

2. We grew 65% last year, definitely aided by Align

3. In our post Covid world the discipline of daily huddles (over Zoom) has been invaluable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Get your whole company on board. It works for us because we are all game to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clearing the clutter and gatekeeping of business goals. I weigh each task of my day against the priorities that move the needle for the company and it helps me make decisions instead of be paralyzed by volume of work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A number of years ago we decided to implement the Rockefeller Habits, and using Align was a huge part of getting the habits in and making them stick. We do quarterly and annual planning with our team, and Align is front and centre on those days. We use to to track all the critical numbers and priorities in the company, and to measure team performance. Our business has grown massively since we started using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Align was a game-changer for our board. We became the fastest growing chapter in the world, and Align was what kept everyone accountable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The problem to be solved is "Getting stuff done" So often on a non-profit board everyone can talk a good game, but when it comes to getting the high things done very few show up. With Align it all went onto our phones and we were able to see what everyone did or did not do each week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Make sure that you are committed to the ideas behind the software first. That is, the software is great, but if you're not committed to improving your focus by narrowing your priorities and opening up communication, the tool won't help you much. The tool is a great way to implement methodologies like Scaling Up/Rockefeller Habits, EOS, etc, and can be used without one of those specific methodologies. However, if you're not committed to the ideas of a narrow set of priorities and clear and open communication it might not be a fit. Align does provide really good onboarding services as part of their service fee that helps people implement these ideas within their business and they are also partnered with several great coaching organizations who can help further. However, it is critical that you want to do these things to get the most out of this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use the One Page Plan to set as clear set of priorities and reinforce our cultural purpose and values. We use the team planning tools to ensure each that all areas of the organization are in sync with those annual and quarterly priorities. Then, we use the Daily Huddle feature to ensure that the day to day rhythm is smooth and that our team members don't get stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Because free text entry is an option in Align, it would be good to identify prior to release to the company, what categories and tracking attributes are most valuable to the organization; you want to make sure the free text entry option is defined enough to ensure you don't get very long narratives that require constant deciphering; similarly, you want to ensure you don't get too simplistic entries that don't give the real insights you're looking for (basically, the free text entries allow very long entries, or allow people to kind of skip through it without putting much of anything in the tool. Neither extreme serves the purpose of the tool, and the goal of collecting meaningful insights into the tool). To ensure ROI on the Align software, determine KPI's on the front end, and work with managers to ensure consistency in daily entry on behalf of all users entering data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The company invested in Align to assess where the gaps in alignment existed across the organization; the company had exponential growth in a very short time, growth they weren't really prepared for from an infrastructure/organizational strategy perspective. Also, portfolio focused (global minded) strategic management did not arrive until after the growth explosion; so we had a lot of skilled folks in the production floor that had tons of insight into the tactical aspects of the day to day business, but were so focused on tactical that the strategic goals and oversight of strategic goals were getting lost in the mix. Align was purchased to provide a simple tool for ALL employees to enter daily tasks, so management could analyze the inputs and identify opportunities for compression, gaps, workload redundancies, overages, etc. and make strategic level recommendations to help better align the organization long term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can help different departments and remote people stay in touch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It helps keep the companies goals clear and recorded. It keeps transparency between departments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.