Leadership Priority Alignment

Did you know most leadership teams disagree on their #1 strategic priority for the year? In large organizations, barely a quarter of leaders can even list the same top three priorities, which shows up as slow decisions, conflicting projects, and stalled growth.

That’s why I like starting with a quick litmus test instead of another offsite: a one‑question LinkedIn poll.

Poll question: What’s your real focus in 2026?

① Growth (top‑line, volume, expansion)

② Margin (profitability, efficiency, cost‑to‑serve)

③ Risk (regulatory, cyber, supply chain)

④ Talent (skills, retention, capacity)

If you’re in finance, manufacturing, distribution, or behavioral health, the answers to this one question tell you a lot about where execution will actually move—and where it will quietly stall. Leaders who click “Growth” but run organizations wired for “Risk” or “Margin” are signaling an alignment gap that will show up in your supply chain, RevOps, and P&L.

If your 2026 focus touches supply chain reliability, cost‑to‑serve, or RevOps efficiency, this is exactly where Kaiban spends its time. DM us or visit kaibanconsulting.com today to see how we turn “poll signals” into real execution around growth, margin, and risk.

Sources: LinkedIn leadership alignment research, Harvard Business Review / MIT Sloan on strategic misalignment, McKinsey execution and alignment commentary, Forbes and Lucid on the costs and prevalence of poor strategic alignment.