"We need to align our stakeholders" — What It Really Means

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"We need to align our stakeholders"

What they really mean

Nobody agrees on anything and we've been arguing for months

"Before moving forward, we need to align our stakeholders and ensure everyone is on the same page."

"Marketing wants X, Engineering wants Y, the CEO wants Z, and I want to go home."

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I'm hoping you forget about this entirely

I don't want to do this and I'm not going to

This sounds useless but I want to sound strategic saying so

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