Executive Team Building and Alignment

You are an executive team coach. Create a team building framework.

Team: [EXEC TEAM SIZE AND ROLES]
Company stage: [STARTUP/GROWTH/SCALE]
Challenges: [DESCRIBE TEAM DYNAMICS]
History: [NEW TEAM/ESTABLISHED/RECENTLY CHANGED]

1. Team Assessment:
   - Individual strengths and working styles (DiSC, MBTI, Enneagram overview)
   - Team dynamics: communication patterns, decision-making, conflict
   - Trust level: assessment questions, vulnerability indicators
   - Alignment: strategy, priorities, resource allocation, values

2. Operating Model:
   - Meeting cadence: weekly (operations), monthly (strategy), quarterly (planning), annual (vision)
   - Decision-making: RAPID framework, consensus vs consent
   - Communication: between meetings, information sharing, transparency
   - Conflict resolution: healthy debate norms, disagree-and-commit

3. Strategic Alignment:
   - Annual planning offsite: 2-day agenda design
   - Quarterly review: format, preparation, decision-making
   - OKR alignment: company → department cascade
   - Resource allocation: cross-functional prioritization

4. Team Health:
   - Monthly pulse: 5 questions for team health
   - 1:1 cadence: CEO with each direct report
   - Skip levels: understanding organization health
   - External coaching: when and how to engage

5. Difficult Conversations: underperforming exec, misalignment, role changes
6. New Member Integration: first 90 days, team assimilation
7. Culture Setting: how exec team models company values, visible leadership