Aligns Business Advisory Services
We are advisors, facilitators and collaborators who work with executives in four core areas that are essential to their organization’s performance, with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Strategy Validation
embrace this massive change.”
Team Performance
Aligning Brand and Culture
defined your culture and have a plan to close gaps that could derail your strategy?”
Leader Development
Aligns Relationships
Our Valued Relationships
We have a network of highly experienced colleagues and partners, and align our relationships to those of our clients as needed in an exceptionally individualized manner.
Senior Advisors
In affiliation with
we serve as senior executive advisors, facilitators and collaborators with extensive experience in healthcare. Together, we help clients build compelling business plans and vetted financial, develop meaningful go-to-market plans, garner funding and find the right leaders to realize success.
Industry Focus
Healthcare is the most complex industry on the planet. We devote our energy to this market because it can make a big difference relative to the quadruple aim. We apply what we learn from this work to other industries and vice versa. This makes our lives more interesting and brings more value to all of our clients.
Strategy Validation
We provide an “investor” perspective that shifts leaders’ viewpoints towards long term value creation vs. solving only short-term operational issues.
Leadership Effectiveness
In affiliation with
we help leaders build self-awareness and action plans to optimize their contributions to their businesses, colleagues and the communities in which their business is conducted.
Organizational Effectiveness
In affiliation with
we challenge assumptions and provoke discussion that causes leaders to critically assess their organization’s structure, culture, leadership and brand against their current and future strategies.
Implementation Excellence
We apply tools, methods and experience to create measurable line of sight to excellence in implementation.
Aligns Perspectives
Our Favorite TED Talks
We provide articles, opinions, our favorite TED Talks and collaboration sessions of relevant ideas and innovations.
David Grady
How to Save the World (Or At Least Yourself) From Bad Meetings
We’re all been in them: bad meetings. Long, unwieldy, unfocused meetings. “Every day we allow our co-workers, who are otherwise very, very nice people, to steal from us, and I’m talking about about time. Your time,” said information technology manager, David Grady.
Shonda Rhimes
My Year of Saying Yes to Everything
The creative genius behind Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy opens up about the year she spent saying yes to everything. This may seem impossible for a workaholic, but in fact the word “yes” actually transformed her. Find what makes you feel good and play in that arena.”
Tim Harford
How Frustration Can Make Us More Creative
Through English economist and journalist Tim Harford’s compelling narrative, this talk convinces you that while some challenges and problems can derail your creative process, they can also make you more innovative than ever.
Magda Sayeg
How Yarn Bombing Grew Into a Worldwide Movement
“Do what you love.” It’s a popular, and some would argue cliche, saying. However for artist Magda Sayeg, it’s at the core of her business. Magda creates large scale installations around the world using yarn and has been commissioned by companies like Mini Cooper, Gap and Absolute Vodka.
Roselinde Torres
What It Takes To Be A Great Leader
A researcher in the field of leadership, Roseline spent twenty five years observing and traveling around the world to study different leadership programs. Torres formulated three essential questions to ask oneself to able to thrive as a leader at work.
Margaret Heffernan
Dare to Disagree
Quelling conflict in the workplace is a weekly task on every manager’s to-do list. However, CEO and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan says good disagreement is actually beneficial. In fact, she argues that great teams aren’t echo chambers, but instead, truly great organizations encourage members to regularly bicker.
Dan Pink
The Puzzle of Motivation
Motivation and perks are all the rage from summer Friday’s to Facebook’s All-Hands meetings. But what are tactile ways that managers can inspire and motivate? Dan Pink will explore why traditional rewards systems for employees aren’t always the most effective. Plus, learn what else you can do to encourage your reports.
Philip Zimbardo
The Psychology of Time
Ever considered how much of a role time plays in your team’s happiness? Slow down and take a different approach to the 9-to-5 with guidance from renowned psychologist Philip Zimbardo. This talk provides powerful insights on how all employees can adjust their outlook to improve their well-being.
Richard Greene
The 7 Secrets of the Greatest Speakers in History
“Never give a ‘Speech,'” says Richard Greene. In this masterful talk, he explains how the great speakers in history use 7 secrets and how we can all become a great speaker by following these secrets and by not just giving a “speech” but rather creating “conversations” from the heart.
Adam Leipzig
How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes
Adam Leipzig has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive and distributor. and has produced more than 300 stage plays and live events, and he was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Dorothy Roberts
The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut, making important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient’s skin color.
Richard St. John
8 Secrets of Success
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
Robert Waldinger
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction.
Kent Thiry
Freedom at Work at DaVita
Kent Thiry, Mayor Of DaVita, speaks at WorldBlu LIVE in May 2013 in Denver, Colorado.
Jake Wood
A New Mission for Veterans – Disaster Relief
After fighting overseas, 92 percent of American veterans say they want to continue their service. In telling the story of his friend Clay Hunt, Jake Wood from Team Rubicon reveals how veterans can contribute to disaster response — and regain their sense of purpose, community and self-worth.
Shawn Achor
The Happy Secret to Better Work
We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.
Michael Kimmel
Why Gender Equality Is Good for Everyone – Men Included
Yes, we all know it’s the right thing to do. But Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It’s a win-win that will result in more opportunity and happiness for everybody.
Dan Gilbert
The Surprising Science of Happiness
Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
Simon Sinek
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership, all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Wright brothers…
Ken Robinson
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
David Grady
How to Save the World (Or At Least Yourself) From Bad Meetings
We’re all been in them: bad meetings. Long, unwieldy, unfocused meetings. “Every day we allow our co-workers, who are otherwise very, very nice people, to steal from us, and I’m talking about about time. Your time,” said information technology manager, David Grady.
Shonda Rhimes
My Year of Saying Yes to Everything
The creative genius behind Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy opens up about the year she spent saying yes to everything. This may seem impossible for a workaholic, but in fact the word “yes” actually transformed her. Find what makes you feel good and play in that arena.”
Tim Harford
How Frustration Can Make Us More Creative
Through English economist and journalist Tim Harford’s compelling narrative, this talk convinces you that while some challenges and problems can derail your creative process, they can also make you more innovative than ever.
Magda Sayeg
How Yarn Bombing Grew Into a Worldwide Movement
“Do what you love.” It’s a popular, and some would argue cliche, saying. However for artist Magda Sayeg, it’s at the core of her business. Magda creates large scale installations around the world using yarn and has been commissioned by companies like Mini Cooper, Gap and Absolute Vodka.
Roselinde Torres
What It Takes To Be A Great Leader
A researcher in the field of leadership, Roseline spent twenty five years observing and traveling around the world to study different leadership programs. Torres formulated three essential questions to ask oneself to able to thrive as a leader at work.
Margaret Heffernan
Dare to Disagree
Quelling conflict in the workplace is a weekly task on every manager’s to-do list. However, CEO and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan says good disagreement is actually beneficial. In fact, she argues that great teams aren’t echo chambers, but instead, truly great organizations encourage members to regularly bicker. Plus, if you haven’t read it, her book, Willful Blindness, Margaret Heffernan is a must.
Dan Pink
The Puzzle of Motivation
Motivation and perks are all the rage from summer Friday’s to Facebook’s All-Hands meetings. But what are tactile ways that managers can inspire and motivate? Dan Pink will explore why traditional rewards systems for employees aren’t always the most effective. Plus, learn what else you can do to encourage your reports.
Philip Zimbardo
The Psychology of Time
Ever considered how much of a role time plays in your team’s happiness? Slow down and take a different approach to the 9-to-5 with guidance from renowned psychologist Philip Zimbardo. This talk provides powerful insights on how all employees can adjust their outlook to improve their well-being.
Richard Greene
The 7 Secrets of the Greatest Speakers in History
“Never give a ‘Speech,'” says Richard Greene. In this masterful talk, he explains how the great speakers in history use 7 secrets and how we can all become a great speaker by following these secrets and by not just giving a “speech” but rather creating “conversations” from the heart.
Adam Leipzig
How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes
Adam Leipzig has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive and distributor. and has produced more than 300 stage plays and live events, and he was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Dorothy Roberts
The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut, making important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient’s skin color.
Richard St. John
8 Secrets of Success
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
Robert Waldinger
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction.
Kent Thiry
Freedom at Work at DaVita
Kent Thiry, Mayor Of DaVita, speaks at WorldBlu LIVE in May 2013 in Denver, Colorado.
Jake Wood
A New Mission for Veterans – Disaster Relief
After fighting overseas, 92 percent of American veterans say they want to continue their service. In telling the story of his friend Clay Hunt, Jake Wood from Team Rubicon reveals how veterans can contribute to disaster response — and regain their sense of purpose, community and self-worth.
Shawn Achor
The Happy Secret to Better Work
We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.
Michael Kimmel
Why Gender Equality Is Good for Everyone – Men Included
Yes, we all know it’s the right thing to do. But Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It’s a win-win that will result in more opportunity and happiness for everybody.
Dan Gilbert
The Surprising Science of Happiness
Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
Simon Sinek
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership, all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Wright brothers…
Ken Robinson
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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