Cheri & Eric Plantenberg on Why Most Leadership Teams Confuse Alignment With Agreement

The Human Connection Podcast · Jul 22, 2026 · 23m

"Alignment doesn't mean we agree. It means we're all supporting the decision that actually got made."

Most leadership teams think they're aligned because nobody's arguing in the room. Eric and Cheri Plantenberg would tell you that's not alignment — that's just people who've learned it isn't safe to disagree out loud.

Cheri built a following of 40M+ views reinventing herself as a writer, psilocybin facilitator, and couples coach after losing her first husband to brain cancer. Eric founded a personal development company that's transformed tens of thousands of lives, later built one of the…