Fist to Five Alignment Check

Hope Gurion

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The Fist to Five Alignment Check helps teams quickly assess commitment to a decision or plan before moving forward.

Each participant indicates their level of commitment—from a closed fist (no alignment) to five fingers (full commitment)—by placing a dot with their initials on the corresponding hand.

This visual snapshot reveals the group’s overall readiness and surfaces differing perspectives early. Use it to:

Gauge alignment and confidence in key decisions
Identify concerns or risks before execution
Encourage candid discussion and shared ownership

Hope Gurion

Product Leader & Team Coach @ Fearless Product

Hope Gurion coaches product leaders and teams moving to outcome-oriented cultures, aka the Product Operating Model. As a former Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President of Product, Hope has diverse leadership experience across B2B, B2C, and marketplace products. She teaches Product Discovery Fundamentals with Teresa Torres' ProductTalk Academy and created the Defining Outcomes course. Her work as a coach is profiled in Marty Cagan's book, Transformed.