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How executive teams maintain the illusion of alignment while undermining execution

Our executive team does these quarterly planning sessions where we pretend we're all aligned on priorities but then we go back to our departments and quietly compete for resources and roadmap space. Everyone acts like this is just normal organizational dynamics but it's killing our ability to actually execute anything coherently.

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Your leadership team acts aligned in planning meetings, then quietly fights over resources afterward.

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