Here’s a typical alignment conversation:
What does this conversation have to say about trust?
The person on the right wishes to be trusted by the person on the left.
The person on the left wishes to trust the person on the right.
But in order for this trust to occur, the person on the left must believe that the person on the right is both willing to and capable of accomplishing the objective.
The person on the left must also not attempt to control the person on the right, neither expecting them to do it “their way” nor stepping in halfway through to force a correction or take over.
Meanwhile, the person on the right must understand the situation and the intent behind what must be done. They must also demonstrate sensible intentions of their own for how to accomplish the objective (a theory of how the change will come about). Most importantly, they must do what they say they will do.
There is much to learn from such a conversation about trust.
Ben and David
StrategyTeaming.com