{"id":27775,"date":"2020-08-18T20:33:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesv4.aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:33:42","slug":"how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, <a href=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/5-keys-to-managing-up-how-to-gain-recognition-and-get-promoted-faster\/\">5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain Recognition and Get Promoted Faster<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Font__title Font__title--alt\">Work Smarter, Not Harder<\/h3>\n<p>These days, a lot of us find ourselves in an unprecedented connundrum: we have more time, but way more to do.<\/p>\n<p>The energy we now dedicate to balancing competing priorities has wiped out whatever we gained from fewer social obligations and shorter commutes.<\/p>\n<p>Working productively and efficiently now requires new ways of organizing our time and communicating with those around us. By working smarter, not harder, we can work more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>The tools in Align are designed to maximize the time you spend getting things done and minimize time spent figuring out where to prioritize your time. By streamlining team communication, organizing your goals, and tracking progress, Align helps you focus on what matters to achieve more in less time and gain recognition for moving your organization forward.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check out four ways the tools in Align help you organize your work and regain control of your worklife.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Font__title Font__title--alt\">1. Communicate efficiently throughout your organization<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Daily and Weekly Huddles, communicate your message once to your entire group, rather than multiple times to different members of your group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get ahead of the curve on potential issues by meeting <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">briefly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every day to save hours of emails and interruptions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"Font__title Font__title--alt\">2. Spend less time in meetings.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Align streamlines meeting discussions by keeping your priority, tasks, and written statements all in one place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be better prepared for efficient meetings by recording your Huddle updates and questions before the meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written Huddles give you the ability to look back on past entries, which ensures that nothing falls through the cracks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Critical Numbers in Huddles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3qetMQYNXWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"Font__title Font__title--alt\">3. Clearly display your hard work and productivity to your leadership.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receive team recognition for your day-to-day work during Huddles, a key component of employee motivation and success.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Clearly display where you stand on your Priorities and Tasks for your leadership and team to manage up effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-10049\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272826%27%20height%3D%271576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202826%201576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272826%27%20height%3D%271576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Align-Software-Priorities-Page-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2826\" height=\"1576\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"Font__title Font__title--alt\">4. Stay on track with what matters.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receive feedback in real-time, instead of waiting for performance reviews, by tracking your progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track your Top Priority of the day to ensures you prioritize what really needs to get done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View your Priority and Task overviews on your dashboard to help with time management.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Issue Stucks to your teammates to solicit help when you require their assistance, keeping you moving forward on what matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information on how Align&#8217;s transparency can improve your efficiency, schedule time to talk to an Align Advisor today!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Button__large\" href=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/product\/demo\/\">SCHEDULE A DEMO!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":18279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Align\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alignme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Haley Pegg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@aligntoday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aligntoday\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Haley Pegg\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3218ee7a8845b33a16fd03d7bcd5ac1c\"},\"headline\":\"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\"},\"wordCount\":447,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Management\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\",\"name\":\"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"align on computer and phone\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Align\",\"description\":\"Strategic Execution System for Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Align\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ALIGN-LOGO-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ALIGN-LOGO-1.svg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":550,\"caption\":\"Align\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alignme\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/aligntoday\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aligntoday\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2676498\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCc_GllLXH7A2_-TFwu8pCRQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3218ee7a8845b33a16fd03d7bcd5ac1c\",\"name\":\"Haley Pegg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Haley Pegg\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align","description":"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align","og_description":"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain","og_url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/","og_site_name":"Align","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alignme","article_published_time":"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Haley Pegg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@aligntoday","twitter_site":"@aligntoday","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/"},"author":{"name":"Haley Pegg","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3218ee7a8845b33a16fd03d7bcd5ac1c"},"headline":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align","datePublished":"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/"},"wordCount":447,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png","articleSection":["Management"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/","url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/","name":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png","datePublished":"2020-08-19T01:33:42+00:00","description":"This is the second post in a series on how everyone in your organization can use Align. Check out our first post, 5 Keys to Managing Up: How to Gain","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-from-rawpixel-id-385029-jpeg-2.png","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"align on computer and phone"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/how-to-accomplish-more-while-saving-time-with-align\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Accomplish More While Saving Time With Align"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/","name":"Align","description":"Strategic Execution System for Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#organization","name":"Align","url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ALIGN-LOGO-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ALIGN-LOGO-1.svg","width":1080,"height":550,"caption":"Align"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alignme","https:\/\/x.com\/aligntoday","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aligntoday\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2676498\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCc_GllLXH7A2_-TFwu8pCRQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3218ee7a8845b33a16fd03d7bcd5ac1c","name":"Haley Pegg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d87e83a18044f4c579b724855de055f0cae856d70897a7e68a19c1b589d1593?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Haley Pegg"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}