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goal alignment

Goal alignment is the state in which a person’s, team’s, or project’s goals are consistent with and contribute to higher-level organizational goals.

In plain English

It describes goals that point in the same direction as broader organizational aims and help advance them. The idea can apply to one person, a team, or a project.

In context

Here, "goal alignment" names whether an individual’s goals are in step with and support team or company goals.

Situation
Setting goals, receiving feedback, completing reviews, and discussing performance
What it communicates
names the relationship between individual goals and team or company goals on the page.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not indicate whether those goals are being achieved.

Examples

“There was goal alignment between the project's aims and the company's expansion plan, even though the launch was delayed.”

Core meaning

“During the review, the manager asked for better goal alignment between Mira's development goals and the team's priorities.”

In context

  • alignment Broader Term

    This is a specific kind of alignment involving goals.

  • goal conflict Opposite

    Goal conflict involves goals that do not fit together.