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ALIGN Strategy: Aligning people and performance to create thriving teams
Our work is centered on helping leaders and organizations identify, develop, and maximize their talent—so they can perform with clarity, resilience, and alignment.

When your people grow, your organization has the opportunity to grow with them.Gallup's research connects employee learn...
09/01/2026

When your people grow, your organization has the opportunity to grow with them.

Gallup's research connects employee learning and development to greater productivity and profitability.

But training alone isn't development.

The real question: Can your people actually feel themselves growing at your organization?

Swipe through for the data. →

Your team doesn't need a manager with all the answers.They need a leader who knows how to help them find their own.Every...
08/27/2026

Your team doesn't need a manager with all the answers.

They need a leader who knows how to help them find their own.

Every coaching conversation is an opportunity to build confidence, ownership and stronger performance.

That's exactly what our Coaching for Performance course is designed to help leaders do.

Over nine weeks, you'll learn practical coaching skills you can apply immediately in your one-on-one conversations, feedback discussions and accountability meetings.

If this course has been on your mind, now is a great time to reserve your spot.

📅 September 24 – November 19

Learn more and register:
🔗 https://aligntransform.com/coaching-for-performance/

We'd love to learn and grow with you this fall.

As leaders, it's easy to focus on communicating the right message.But our teams are watching something even more importa...
08/26/2026

As leaders, it's easy to focus on communicating the right message.

But our teams are watching something even more important: our actions.

Do we model accountability?
Do we listen as well as we expect others to?
Do we live the values we ask our teams to embrace?

Stephen Covey said it well:

"What you do has far greater impact than what you say."

The culture of an organization isn't built by mission statements—it's built by the behaviors leaders consistently demonstrate.

08/24/2026

Trust in the workplace doesn’t mean there aren't boundaries.

However, healthy boundaries aren't walls, they are guardrails that help people work well together.

Clear expectations.
Respect and kindness.
Strong communication.
..and enough trust to give people room to do their work.

In this episode of the Grounding & Growing Leadership Podcast, Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson explore what it takes to build—and restore—trust in the workplace.

Healthy teams don’t choose between trust and boundaries, they need both.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IXWstA8f3FI44Zqi9bPhr?si=Hr5DXVqVRMCm6HKTw2ZdJg

A few weeks ago, CSB+SJU alum Tara Gronhovd sat down with her alma mater for an upcoming feature in CSB Magazine about a...
08/21/2026

A few weeks ago, CSB+SJU alum Tara Gronhovd sat down with her alma mater for an upcoming feature in CSB Magazine about alumnae who have built successful careers around coaching others.

Today, the interview turned into a full-on photo shoot. 🙌🏻

Lights, camera, a few wardrobe decisions - and, of course, some behind-the-scenes documentation from the ALIGN team!

There's something pretty special about coming full circle and returning to a community that was part of your own development to share the story of a career now dedicated to developing others.

We can't share the finished story quite yet, but we can give you this little peek behind the curtain.

Stay tuned. 👀

08/21/2026

What would happen if you asked your team:

“Where am I unintentionally eroding trust with you?”

And then…just listened?

No defending.
No explaining your intent.
No immediately trying to fix it.

Trust isn’t only something we build. Sometimes, we have to know how to repair and restore it, too.

On this episode of the Grounding & Growing Leadership Podcast, Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson talk about what restoring trust in the workplace actually looks like, and the role leaders play in creating the conditions for trust to return.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IXWstA8f3FI44Zqi9bPhr?si=G5hSSKV1T6Cq-EL2dyTUzg

Great leadership isn't measured by how many problems you solve.It's measured by how many people you develop.Every coachi...
08/20/2026

Great leadership isn't measured by how many problems you solve.
It's measured by how many people you develop.

Every coaching conversation builds trust.

Every meaningful feedback conversation builds confidence.

Every accountability conversation creates stronger performance.

Small conversations become lasting culture.

If you're ready to become the kind of leader who develops people instead of simply directing them, our Coaching for Performance course is designed for you!

📅 Fall cohort begins September 24

Learn more:
🔗 https://aligntransform.com/coaching-for-performance/

One of the greatest mistakes leaders make is believing they have to be the smartest person in the room.The strongest tea...
08/19/2026

One of the greatest mistakes leaders make is believing they have to be the smartest person in the room.

The strongest teams aren't made up of people with identical strengths. They're made up of individuals who bring different gifts, challenge one another's thinking and work toward the same goal.

As Mother Teresa reminds us:

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things."

Great leadership isn't about individual excellence, it's about creating an environment where everyone's strengths can contribute to something bigger than themselves.

People don't experience your organization through policies; they experience it through everyday moments.The way they're ...
08/18/2026

People don't experience your organization through policies; they experience it through everyday moments.

The way they're welcomed.
The conversations they have with their manager.
The feedback they receive.
The opportunities they're given to grow.

Those moments shape culture more than any mission statement ever could.

This carousel shares Gallup's six steps for creating a stronger employee experience, and they're a great reminder that building a thriving workplace requires intention, not chance.

Take a look through and ask yourself:

Which step could have the biggest impact on your team right now?

Behind the scenes of Manager Essentials with a little help from AI. 😉The idea was solid: ask everyone, *“What did Manage...
08/13/2026

Behind the scenes of Manager Essentials with a little help from AI. 😉

The idea was solid: ask everyone, *“What did Manager Essentials give you, and what does that look like in practice?”* and have them hold up their answers so we could capture it for you all.

The practicality of fitting those answers onto pieces of paper in tiny virtual meeting squares? Not so much...😂

So, rather than lose the moment, I used AI to help turn our very real (and slightly messy) behind-the-scenes screenshot into something that could actually tell the story.

AND - these were some of the **real answers** our participants shared:

→ **Model what you want to see.**
→ **Delegating success.**
→ **Defining success and creating clarity around projects and tasks so my team members can be more successful.**

Good management isn't about having the perfect plan. It’s about being clear on the outcome, adapting when the ex*****on isn't working, and accountability to self and mission to get the job done.

Turns out, today's behind-the-scenes moment modeled the lesson pretty well. 😉

With Love - Stephanie, ALIGN CSO

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