The people need to be aligned around a university mission that is clear on its entrepreneurial focus.

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You must find the common ground across different groups to have a hope of getting people aligned around a common approach.

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But it starts at the top, with the people that are running the place getting some real clarity about what is the big opportunity right now, and aligned around that.

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Over the past few years, the USOC has aligned its marketing pitch around the fact that it is a non-profit and not funded by the government.

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We also ask how aligned the leadership team is around where they are going, how they want to get there and how quickly and boldly they are planning to move.

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In Aligned companies the conversation is centered around what is happening in the market, what worked and what needs to be changed to meet the company goals.

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"Our interest to have people move around the Internet without ie is perfectly aligned with Google's, " says Baker.

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The country in 2003 sought United Nations support to set up the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague to probe the Liberia-aligned rebel groups that killed 50, 000 people around the turn of the century.

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Given the nature of the modern, global corporation and the complex supply network that has developed around it, it is unsurprising that executives have not aligned on a unified strategy to mitigate supply chain risk.

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