Agreement vs. Alignment

Last week I posted on my conversation with Clinton Moloney of the Trium Group, and his perspective on the components of trust.  (Charles Green has commented on the genesis of that concept.)

A related idea that Clinton discussed was the distinction between Agreement and Alignment in making decisions.  (Here's a larger version of the graphic on the left.)

And here's some explication and a 1-page PowerPoint (23 KB):

1) Agreement = Everyone gets their first choice (difficult and time-consuming to obtain.)	2) Alignment = Everyone can fully support the choice that is made (much easier to obtain.)
3) Extend the Frontier: Why?  In order to make more important decisions more quickly and easily.	4) Extend the Frontier: How?  Increase trust among group members and link personal and group goals.