The Alinement Brief
Free tools, one page each.
8 printable, fillable one-pagers for the weekly operating rhythm, with no signup required to use them. Each one comes from an issue or a video that walks through why it works, and each is free to use in client work.
Which one do you need this week?
Pick the one that sounds like this week. Each one opens a free tool and the Brief issues behind it.
Profitable on paper, tight at the bank
Free one-page tool The 13-Week Cash Forecast
Six rows, thirteen columns, built from when money actually moves, so you find your cash low point and the week it lands before it finds you.
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Free one-page tool The Three-Question Monthly Review
One sheet of paper after every month-end close: which way gross margin went, the sales it takes to break even, and whether the profit turned into cash.
Read and downloadEveryone is busy, the priorities keep drifting
Free one-page tool The Alignment Snapshot
Three questions, answered independently and in writing, that show what your leadership team actually agrees on.
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Free one-page tool The Priority & Owner Grid
Three priorities, one named owner each, and a plain sentence for what done looks like, on a single page.
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Free one-page tool The Priority Scoreboard
A five-row tracker that turns a ranked priority list into a name, a status, and a next step anyone can read in two minutes.
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Free one-page tool The Weekly Operating Rhythm
The five one-page tools on a single weekly cadence: who touches which page, when, and the honest minute count for the whole rhythm.
Read and downloadThe weekly meeting turned back into status updates
Free one-page tool The Priority Scoreboard
A five-row tracker that turns a ranked priority list into a name, a status, and a next step anyone can read in two minutes.
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Free one-page tool The 60-Minute Meeting Agenda
A fill-in agenda for the weekly leadership meeting: scoreboard, last week's list, issues and decisions, read-back.
Read and download Free one-page tool The Weekly Operating Rhythm
The five one-page tools on a single weekly cadence: who touches which page, when, and the honest minute count for the whole rhythm.
Read and downloadI get the P&L and I'm not sure what it's telling me
AI is in the building and nobody set the rules
The job has been posted for months
All of them
In the order to install them.
Cash first, then priorities, then the meeting that holds them together.
- Step 1
The 13-Week Cash Forecast
Six rows, thirteen columns, built from when money actually moves, so you find your cash low point and the week it lands before it finds you.
From Issue 11 · landscape sheet
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The Alignment Snapshot
Three questions, answered independently and in writing, that show what your leadership team actually agrees on.
From Issue 8
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The Priority & Owner Grid
Three priorities, one named owner each, and a plain sentence for what done looks like, on a single page.
From the video series
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The Priority Scoreboard
A five-row tracker that turns a ranked priority list into a name, a status, and a next step anyone can read in two minutes.
From Issue 9
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The 60-Minute Meeting Agenda
A fill-in agenda for the weekly leadership meeting: scoreboard, last week's list, issues and decisions, read-back.
From Issue 10
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The Weekly Operating Rhythm
The five one-page tools on a single weekly cadence: who touches which page, when, and the honest minute count for the whole rhythm.
From Issue 13
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Step 7 The AI Workflow Card
Three rows for the tasks AI is allowed to touch: what it does there, the one name that answers for the output, and the line it never crosses.
From Issue 12
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The Three-Question Monthly Review
One sheet of paper after every month-end close: which way gross margin went, the sales it takes to break even, and whether the profit turned into cash.
From Issue 21
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