Ep. 54 Are You Actually Aligned?

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of alignment in leadership and the importance of ensuring actions reflect personal values.

Alignment is one of those words leaders use a lot. I’m just not sure we examine it enough though. In this episode, Ingrid, Chuck, and I sit with a question that’s easier to avoid than to answer honestly: Are my actions today actually reflecting what I believe? We walk through the case study of Sarah, a passionate leader whose team is growing frustrated and whose decisions have quietly drifted from her own values. Nobody warned her it was happening. It rarely announces itself. Misalignment doesn’t usually arrive as a crisis. It creeps in dressed as pragmatism. Pressure to produce. The small compromise that seems reasonable in the moment. By the time you notice the gap between who you say you are and how you’re actually leading, it’s already cost you something. Together we draw on Proverbs 3:5-6, Jonah’s very expensive detour, and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane to ask what it actually looks like to lead from genuine coherence rather than well-managed appearances. We also get practical: journaling prompts, a simple realignment framework, and the kind of questions a good mentor will ask you that you’re probably not asking yourself…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ingrid, Chuck

Topics covered

• leadership
• alignment
• values
• self-assessment
• mentorship
• decision-making

Keywords

• alignment
• leadership
• values
• self-reflection
• mentorship
• decision-making
• Proverbs
• Jonah
• Gethsemane

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Proverbs 3:5-6, Jonah

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